Quotes about balls
balls hit run saw spring
I saw balls that were hit where he had to run and stop. I didn't see much favoring in the knee. He's so much better than he was in spring training. That was a real workout. Felipe Alou
balls criticism knocking mph people plays wind winds
People need to realize, and I know they won't, that there was 45 mph winds out there, and it was tough, ... A lot of those plays were not (Tommy's) fault. The wind was knocking the balls down. There was no way he should have got the criticism he did. Ben Roethlisberger
balls couple drives fastball ground hit last line might people pitch taking top wonder
People might wonder why we weren't up there taking a pitch in the seventh. Well, if you get first pitch fastball down the middle, we're going to hack. The disappointing part was we didn't get on top of the ball and hit ground balls and line drives the last couple of innings.
balls burnett great hit rest
Stephanie Burnett hit a great ball. We hit the balls the rest of the innings, it's just we hit it right to them.
balls further guys runs ton
Some guys get by with a lot of hard-hit balls that are outs, they get a ton of runs scored for them. You look further than just results. You see what they guy's featuring and that will tell you everything. John Gibbons
balls explain high threw
That could explain why he threw so many high balls this season.
balls chasing help loose teammates whatever
My teammates were open. That's my game. I was going to the hole, chasing down loose balls, doing whatever I had to help the team win.
balls beyond complaints-and-complaining dropped focusing inevitable people plenty time
My own take: Some of the nitpicking and complaining may well be justified, even beyond the inevitable dropped balls in something like this. But there will be plenty of time for that later. Right now, people should be focusing on constructive action, not point-scoring. Glenn Reynolds
balls drink rather tells
My nan tells me to eat her fish balls and not drink alcohol. I'd rather have the fish balls. Jess Glynne
balls middle
Location. He's down, he's away, he's in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate. Lyle Overbay
balls breaking couple extra gave mistakes runs
Look at the runs he gave up, they were two breaking balls over the plate, ... He made a couple of breaking ball mistakes and that's two extra runs.
balls block definitely language speaks
Look at Benito Santiago. When he first signed, there was definitely a language barrier. But he could throw, and if you can do that and block the balls in the dirt, that speaks volumes. Tim McCarver
balls describe fastball ground low proud thinking thrown words
I was thinking I had to keep the fastball low to get as many ground balls as possible. I used fastballs and sliders. ... I feel very proud of having thrown a no-hitter, and I really don't have any other words to describe it.
balls figure looking posted start strikes takes trying
I was trying to figure out where the balls and strikes and the outs are posted today. Those are things you get comfortable with as a player. When you have to start looking for them all over again, it takes some adjusting. Jim Edmonds
balls completed innings shocked took totally
I was totally shocked when I was told after the innings that I took only 81 balls and completed the century. Kamran Akmal
balls good mix quality trying
I was trying to mix it up and make good pitches. I didn't make good pitches. Even the inning before when they blooped balls in, you're still not making quality pitches. There's no excuse.
balls eight felt strikes threw throwing
I was throwing strikes and getting ahead. All of a sudden, I threw like eight (nine) balls in a row and I was like, 'What's going on?' I felt fine. I don't know what happened.
balls bit early fly glad hitting seemed slump swing warning
I was glad to see us come out early and swing the bat. We had a little bit of a slump and weren't hitting as well as we had been. It seemed like we had a lot of fly balls to the warning track, but we were not stringing it together.
balls change constantly frustrated guard guys hard lee post preaching standing watching
I was getting frustrated watching balls go up from the three-point line, when those guys are standing 1-on-1 in the post with a guy 6-6 guarding them. It's hard sometimes. I'm constantly preaching to (Green and guard Lee Humphrey), 'When you're open, let it go.' Sometimes you have to change your thought processes. Billy Donovan
balls counts kept running
I was getting by, but I was running a lot of long counts 3-0, 3-1. Then in that one inning, the fifth, they got a lot of balls, like grounders, through on me and they just kept doing it.
balls contact felt few good great hit last missing solid
It felt so good just to make solid contact again. I was just missing a lot of balls here the last few games. It was great to hit one solid.
balls couple double feels turn weeks
It feels good. It will be a couple of weeks before I can turn a double play and take balls at shortstop.
balls catching chance everybody felt field fire good intensity level running work
It felt good to be back on the field and to get a chance to work out the kinks. It was good to be out there catching balls and running routes. There was some good and bad. We were getting the springtime fire out there. For the most part, I think the intensity level of everybody was high.
balls beat loose picked
I think defensively we picked things up. We scrapped for loose balls. They beat us to loose balls in the first half. I thought down the stretch, we negated that.
balls close knows missing worry
I think he's been just missing some balls. I can show you struggling, if you want to see some highlights. He's really close to whacking it pretty good. I don't worry about him. He's a veteran. He knows how to hit. Ron Gardenhire
balls days few hit
It could take a week, it could take a few days -- you never know. It's just my timing. My timing's been off. But I feel like it's coming. I've hit some balls hard. That's encouraging. Ryan Klesko
balls days few hit
It could take a week, it could take a few days -- you never know, ... It's just my timing. My timing's been off. But I feel like it's coming. I've hit some balls hard. That's encouraging.
balls court definitely dictate doubt extremely hard helped last played slower whether
It definitely helped him out. There's no doubt about that. You know, he still played extremely well, and he didn't give me a lot of opportunities out there, but the court surface, it's very hard to dictate play out there. It's slower than last year. There's no doubt about that, whether it's the balls or not. Lleyton Hewitt
balls both caught deep happy stood
I stood up well. He caught two balls on me, both of them curls, no deep balls. I'm happy with my play for the most part. I'm getting better every game. Pacman Jones
balls couple except extremely good played threw
I thought it was another good outing. Heath, of course, threw extremely well, except in one inning when he got a couple balls up. All in all, though, I thought we played pretty well.
balls left middle today
I thought it was a little inconsistent today, ... but today was just location. I just left a lot of balls in the middle of the plate. Curt Schilling
balls dropped hit rest threw
I thought he threw pretty well, really. They had two balls they hit hard, and the rest just dropped in.
balls five missed open
I thought he missed some open receivers. I thought he had five balls dropped. Lloyd Carr