Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Randy Johnson

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.

That's the day I think he learned how to use his fastball a little bit.

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.

It's not the same fastball he used to throw. But he's smart enough to mix 'em up.

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.

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.

John Gibbons

He buries that fastball in on the right-handed hitters and when he gets that slider going you can't do anything with it.

Clint Hurdle

He pitched without the fastball we've seen previous to this,

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.

Eric Munson

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.

If I can throw my curveball and changeup in fastball counts, it's going to help me so much, especially when I have runners in scoring position because major-league hitters are aggressive, especially when there's runners on base,

I felt right there with him. I threw the same pitch to Nick Johnson - fastball up.

Cliff Floyd

He's not a guy who makes a lot of mistakes. He can get away with a fastball down the middle because you're looking for a pitch on the corner.

He throws an upper-80s fastball with a strong slider and keeps the ball down. He's a competitive kid.

Craig Biggio

He threw me one fastball in, and I kind of didn't see it real well off him,

Craig Biggio

He threw me one fastball and I didn't see it really well,

Miguel Cabrera

He threw a fastball down the middle, and I think I can hit that. I hit it pretty good.

The guys in front of me got the job done and because of that, I got a fastball to hit.

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.