Quotes about fastball
fastball gets hitters slider
He buries that fastball in on the right-handed hitters and when he gets that slider going you can't do anything with it. John Gibbons
fastball previous seen
He pitched without the fastball we've seen previous to this, Clint Hurdle
fastball fun using watch
He pitched non-aggressive and it wasn't fun to watch for two innings. Then he started using his fastball and got back to being Jo. I don't know who was out there for two innings.
fastball good night strike stuck zone
He pounded the strike zone all night long. The fastball was working all night long, so we just stuck with it. He had a pretty good idea of where it was going. Eric Munson
fastball gave left second slider supposed threw
I just kind of gave in and threw him a fastball down the middle. The second one was a slider that was supposed to be down and I just left it up. Chris Capuano
fastball hitter home plate regular run seen throw trying
I haven't seen the replay, ... Obviously, it got a lot of the plate. But that's what I was trying to do. I was trying to throw a fastball over the plate because I know he isn't a home run hitter in the regular season. He hit zero, right? Brad Lidge
fastball keeps slider strong throws
He throws an upper-80s fastball with a strong slider and keeps the ball down. He's a competitive kid.
fastball threw
He threw me one fastball in, and I kind of didn't see it real well off him, Craig Biggio
fastball threw
He threw me one fastball and I didn't see it really well,
fastball hit threw
He threw a fastball down the middle, and I think I can hit that. I hit it pretty good. Miguel Cabrera
fastball good movement
He's a pretty good pitcher. The movement on his fastball is something you can't teach.
fastball gets slider throw trouble
He's a pain-in-the-neck when he's on. He can throw his fastball at 97 (mph) and slider at 92, but gets in trouble with his control. He has to throw strikes. Bret Boone
fastball might tough
He's so tough because his fastball might be his third-best pitch.
fastball record
I don't know if (the 12 strikeouts) is a record or not, but it's close. He really had his fastball working tonight.
fastball four good mechanics throw velocity
That's probably more than I wanted to throw in four innings. But the velocity on my fastball increased, and that's a good sign. My mechanics were a little better, too. Randy Johnson
fastball learned
That's the day I think he learned how to use his fastball a little bit.
fastball settle struggling
That first inning could have been a lot worse. When I went out there, I just told him to settle down, take a little off his fastball and to find some strikes. They were struggling to put the ball in play.
fastball half hitter inner keeping outer pounding rhythm strike
It was more of getting a rhythm and getting strike one. Getting strike one on a hitter makes it easier. I was pounding the fastball in there, keeping it down on the inner half and the outer half.
fastball lane learn struck
It was nasty. The nastiest one, though, was when he struck out Lane on a fastball down. That's where he's got to learn to pitch. E. O. Wilson
fastball locate
I've just got to locate a little better on my fastball - that makes me have confidence, when I locate the ball a little better. Ben Sheets
fastball good locate
It was a good day. My fastball I was able to locate and keep them off-balance.
fastball game league pitch throw
It was a big game for me. Just to show myself that I can be here, pitch to big league hitters, get them out and throw my fastball and other pitches. Ian Snell
fastball good job
It was a 3-2 fastball up in the zone. He did a good job on (it). O. Henry
fastball hack
It was one of those things -- when it got to be 2-0, I wanted to see a fastball and get a hack on it.
fastball hitters
They're fastball hitters and they're very aggressive. They jumped on the fastballs. Luis Sojo
fastball hitter ready timing trying
You're trying to be ready for everything, and you're not ready for anything. We'd like for them to be ready for the one pitch, the fastball. That's where you start. We go from there. ... All timing comes off the fastball. You've got to be a fastball hitter first.
fastball game looking plan slider stuck throws trying
I had a game plan going up there. I know he throws a lot of sliders. He throws hard, but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest. And I stuck with the game plan of going up there looking for a slider and just not trying to do too much. Jermaine Dye
fastball game looking plan slider stuck throws trying
I had a game plan going up there, ... I know he throws a lot of sliders. He throws hard, but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest. And I stuck with the game plan of going up there looking for a slider and just not trying to do too much.
fastball rest threw
In the first inning, I didn't have anything, ... My fastball wasn't right. Then I loosened up and threw pretty well the rest of the game. Brad Penny
fastball hands inside looking stayed thrown within
It was a fastball on the inside part of the plate. I was looking for something in be-cause that's where they had thrown a lot to me this weekend. I just stayed within myself and let my hands do the work. Sean Doolittle
fastball move
It was a fastball inside. It didn't move a lot.
fastball
It was a fastball in, and I didn't get it in enough. Tom Glavine
fastball good hit run strike throw walk
It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike and make him hit the ball. I thought it was a good pitch. I would have never guessed the ball was going to go out of the park.