Famous Quotes & Sayings

I just had to stay calm. He threw me an inside fastball and I turned on it.

Ryan Howard

I just got a good pitch to hit, a fastball up in the zone, and fortunately it landed on the other side of the fence.

Brad Lidge

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?

Chris Capuano

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.

Jermaine Dye

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

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.

I don't know if (the 12 strikeouts) is a record or not, but it's close. He really had his fastball working tonight.

He's so tough because his fastball might be his third-best pitch.

I had nothing going for me. My fastball was flat. I couldn't locate and was leaving the ball in the white (over the plate). I've got to be more consistent. All our starters need to be more consistent.

Brad Penny

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.

I know him, ... He throws a fastball away and then he comes in with a slider. I was ready for a slider, and he hung one.

Jermaine Dye

I know he throws a lot of sliders, ... He throws hard but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest.

His fastball location the first two innings was not there, and that was forcing him to make too many pitches.

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.

Adam Everett

The guy won 21 games for a reason. He was pretty good, he had a good sinker, fastball and curveball and he threw them all for strikes and I think that was the key. We got down five runs, but we didn't give up. We never give up, and that's something this team has done all year.

Adam Everett

The guy won 21 games for a reason, ... He was pretty good, he had a good sinker, fastball and curveball and he threw them all for strikes and I think that was the key. We got down five runs, but we didn't give up. We never give up, and that's something this team has done all year.

Eric Chavez

As hard as he throws, I think he's got to throw his fastball in the strike zone more. Then he can pitch off his fastball. Every successful pitcher in this game pitches off the fastball.

Carlos Zambrano

I tried to throw a fastball inside, and the ball kind of slipped out of my hand where I didn't want to throw it. That was a big mistake. If I walk Chipper in that situation and get a groundball with the next hitter, then nothing happens and I should win the game 2-0.

Alex Rodriguez

Fastball right down the middle. I had a great pitch to hit. I didn't come through, and that's not acceptable. I need to do more.

Chad Cordero

Everything was working. My fastball felt good, I was able to throw it with velocity, and my slider was working well. It got away from me once, but other than that, I felt it was working good.

Michael Barrett

Vintage Maddux. He's hitting his spots well. When he struck out Tony Womack, it was as hard a fastball as I've seen him throw in my time here. He just looks like he's in great shape. And we need him to be that way.

John Gibbons

Towers and McClung pitched great. (Towers) has been on a roll and (McClung) can overpower you with his fastball and when he gets his curveball over he's tough. He has a great arm.

John Gibbons

Towers and McClung pitched great, ... (Towers) has been on a roll and (McClung) can overpower you with his fastball and when he gets his curveball over he's tough. He has a great arm.

This was 10 times better than my last start. My location on my fastball was much, much better.

I've preached all year that we've got to hit the fastball better. Last year we didn't do that. There's some pretty good pitchers out there and we've got to be able to handle them.

He's a pretty good pitcher. The movement on his fastball is something you can't teach.

Bret Boone

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.

I usually throw between 120 and 130 pitches in a game. My fastball did me in today as I couldn't hit my spot and they were on top of it.

E. O. Wilson

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.

Ben Sheets

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.

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.

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.

Bruce Bochy

It looked like he didn't get it where he wanted it, ... It was a fastball or cutter out over the plate.