Famous Quotes & Sayings

Clint Hurdle

We want to see his command, we want him to utilize his pitches, ... We also want to see him use his two-seam fastball and sinkerball.

Ned Yost

Tomo was very crisp today. He was sharp, he was throwing his fastball as hard as he has all year.

Usually, I like to come in with a straight fastball and take it from there. Sometimes, I'll work in my slider. Everything seemed to be working today, so it was real good.

The (pitch to Rivera) was a fastball in and that's something I need to work on.

When he hit that ball, it was a batting-practice fastball over the plate and he hit it on the screws. It went to the furthest part of the park.

Andruw Jones

When guys make mistakes you have to take advantage. He made a mistake with the fastball the first time.

Ron Gardenhire

Poise? I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball with a curveball from hell.

Matt throws a plus slider, but the fastball is his foremost pitch.

One mistake is all it takes with these kind of bats. It was supposed to be a fastball in, but it wasn't in enough.

Francisco Liriano

I am still working on my fastball now, and that's really all I want to focus on. Just locating my fastball is my goal right now.

My fastball was working today, but I was not throwing anything else for strikes.

Kris Benson

My fastball location was terrible. As hot as their team is, you've got to make your pitches and I didn't.

Ron Gardenhire

I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball and a curveball from hell.

Jose Reyes

I don't try to hit home runs. It was a fastball inside, a good pitch to hit.

I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be a big pitch for me. I had to get the feel for it. Today was a good start.

Johan Santana

I felt pretty good today. I was throwing the fastball in and out of the plate and I was able to throw my change-up. It was a nice day.

I felt pretty good out there. I had my fastball and change-up. I've been working a lot in the bullpen, and that helped my confidence.

I felt a little weak, but I wasn't throwing my fastball where I needed it. It all snowballed from there.

Albert Pujols

I trust that I can hit a fastball, that I can hit any pitch they throw to me.

Keeping them off my fastball made my fastball that much better. I think that's the big key for that lineup, because they're such a good fastball-hitting team.

Dusty Baker

He wanted the victory and knew we needed it. His fastball was moving.

Phil Garner

He did a very nice job. He had a pretty nice fastball and was locating it pretty well, and they just stayed with it all night long. It was kind of an unusually pitched game. You don't see a guy use primarily fastballs. He had a little life on it.

Johnny Damon

He can set you up with a changeup, then throw an 88-mph fastball by you.

He left a fastball right outside and I just went with it, did what I could with it.

Today I could locate all my off speed pitches for strikes, I wanted to keep the White Sox off balance, ... I know they are a good hitting fastball team.

Sean Burroughs

Here it is, hit it, ... Everything was hard, hard, hard, so it was get it ready early. I was looking fastball every pitch.

Willie Randolph

His stuff was pretty good, I thought, really. He had a sneaky fastball and threw in the low 90s. I think overall he threw the ball pretty well.

It could help, because I can work even more on my spins. If you're just a fastball pitcher, it's going to hurt you.

He mixed his pitches well. He's probably got a fastball better than we've seen this year.

John Gibbons

He was just trying to run the fastball inside.

Reggie Sanders

He worked a lot more away than normal. Then, he spotted inside later. And his fastball had better velocity.

He had a real good fastball and good location. He stayed primarily with his fastball.

Phil Garner

He had a pretty nice fastball and he was locating it pretty good and they just stayed with it all night. It was kind of an unusually pitched game. You don't see a guy use primary fastballs but he was locating where he wanted and they stayed with it and he did a nice job.