Quotes about balls
balls bring diving floor intensity loose mind
I think we bring an intensity to the game. We don't mind diving on the floor for loose balls. That's our job. That's why we're here. We go in there and do the banging.
balls changing control location throw today various
He had his control today and was changing speed. He didn't throw a lot of balls in the same location and used various speeds. Dusty Baker
balls chance hits hold serves win
He hits the balls hard, which I like. I just try to hold my serves and find a chance to win points.
balls blows breaking fastball found guys sitting start strike throw
He has really found a way to throw breaking balls in the strike zone. Guys start sitting on the breaking ball, then he blows a 95-mile-per-hour fastball by them.
balls flying gives gotten monitor reminder starting stay swelling takes
He had a little swelling starting there and that was a concern, but there wasn't anything he could say to stay in. We'll monitor him real closely, but I think we may have gotten real lucky. It gives you a reminder of what it takes to go out there. You're so close, and balls are flying off the bat. Buck Showalter
balls batting bunch great hit practice
He had a great batting practice today. He hit a bunch of balls into the water. Felipe Alou
balls dropped few game
He had a game which we needed. He's dropped a few balls this year, but in the rain, he catches everything.
balls beat good hit hope throwing
He got beat up pretty good today. They hit some balls hard. He was around the plate, throwing strikes. I just hope he's all right.
balls drive ground hitters pitcher seen
He does things that drive hitters nuts. I've never seen a pitcher get so many ground balls back to the mound. That's all about movement. Joe Torre
balls handle hardest ridiculous throw
He doesn't throw the hardest ball, but he doesn't have to. He's pretty receiver-friendly. A little zip is good, so that it really sticks. Reggie can handle those balls better. He has ridiculous hands. Dallas Clark
balls bit carries couple defenders fought gets juice looked physical speed turned
He looked great, ... He has some explosiveness. He turned on the juice a little bit and you can see the speed that he carries with him. He gets physical for defenders and fought for a couple of balls out there. ...
balls breaking early few good guys kept uses using
He may be one of those guys who we have to see a few times before we get used to him. A lot of guys, you don't see them using their breaking balls this early and he uses more breaking balls than anything else, and they're good breaking balls. It kept us off balance. Michael Barrett
balls dropped eyes feet great left miss plays staying super took worried
Hell, I dropped it. I was too worried about my feet staying in bounds. I took my eyes off the ball. The great ones don't miss balls in the Super Bowl. I still left some plays out on the field. Hines Ward
balls confident continue couple fall improved last missed threw
He missed a couple balls out there. You want to see him be a little more accurate. He threw some behind, but he will continue to get better. He's better than he was last fall and I feel confident that he has improved from the fall. Ron Zook
balls ground
We can make him go out there and take 100 ground balls but then he's not going to be able to play. It has to be the right kind of work. Don Mattingly
balls beat broke good harder lost mistake mistakes montreal played racket slow strings tension today took tried
Today, it was my mistake because we had different balls (than were used in Montreal and Cincinnati). I tried to make it different, my tension for strings was harder here and I tried to make no mistakes because the tension was hard and I had more control. I tried to come back but at 6-5 broke my string. I took my old racket and I lost in the tiebreak. I played really slow, Chela played good today and tried to make winners, and for me, if I play slow I can beat nobody. Nikolay Davydenko
balls breaking dominant seen strike
He didn't look as dominant as I've seen him in the past. He didn't use a lot of breaking balls or off-speed stuff, he just used his fastball. But we didn't strike it. Phil Garner
balls breaking command good hanging night threw
He didn't have command of anything. He got away with some hanging breaking balls early, but he didn't get away with the one he threw to Barajas. It wasn't a good night for Felix. Mike Hargrove
balls breaking command good hanging night threw
He didn't have command of anything, ... He got away with some hanging breaking balls early, but he didn't get away with the one he threw to Barajas. It wasn't a good night for Felix.
balls considered early hitting kids late loved night time
He considered it playing, and he loved it. There was no time limit. Early in the morning, late at night, he was ready. As the other kids started getting into it, he'd have them shagging balls as he was hitting them. Girls, guys, it didn't matter.
balls bat found hit night smashing struggled
He just struggled all night long. They weren't smashing balls all over the place. They hit some balls off the end of the bat and they found some holes. Ned Yost
balls felt location parts
He just never really got it going tonight. He felt good, he felt all right. At times he popped it at 93 and most parts he got it around 90. He had a lot of balls up (and) his location just wasn't very good.
balls gave ground hits threw ton tonight
He just gave up a ton of ground balls tonight that were infield hits and ones that got through. He just threw so many pitches. Bobby Cox
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.
balls double few ground pitchers plays turn
Our pitchers got us some ground balls to turn double plays and get us out of a few jams.
balls boards both diving ends hitting loose post second senior simpson stepped
Our senior post players, Simpson and Rodgers, really stepped it up in the second half. They were diving for loose balls and hitting the boards on both ends of the floor.
balls control extra great instead job john passed sharper shot team
Our team did a great job of going after the 50-50 balls. And once we got control of the ball, our team was very unselfish. John Sharper had a look at the basket, but instead he passed up that shot and made an extra pass because I had a better look. Brandon Heath
balls caused defense dominating loose picking played second solid team tonight
Our team defense was very solid tonight and we caused a lot of interference in the paint. We played especially well in the second half, picking up a lot of loose balls and dominating the glass.
balls game goal ground hitters instead pitches plate strike swing taking tempo
Our goal for him is not to strike everyone out but to be around the plate and get ground balls. We want him to make the hitters swing instead of taking pitches and keep the tempo of the game moving.
balls gave good hitters nice swing
Our passers did a good job. They gave our hitters opportunities to swing at some nice balls.
balls cut game line protect
Our receivers have to get back to some balls, and our line has to protect a little better. So there's a lot involved, but if we can go into this game and just cut down the turnovers, we'll have a chance.
balls deep good hit key knows partly plays referring turned
Patrick is going to see that he made some real good things. He hit some deep balls and made some key plays for us, and that's partly what I'm referring to. And then he turned the ball over. We can't do that and Patrick knows that. Joe Gibbs
balls few kicked weeks
Paul's just doing some running, but he hasn't kicked any balls yet, so he's still a few weeks off, Glenn Hoddle