Quotes about fastball
fastball favorite
It was a middle-in fastball -- my favorite pitch.
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 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 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 mix smart
It's not the same fastball he used to throw. But he's smart enough to mix 'em up.
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 help hitters position runners scoring throw
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,
fastball felt johnson nick pitch threw
I felt right there with him. I threw the same pitch to Nick Johnson - fastball up.
fastball guy looking middle pitch
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. Cliff Floyd
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 front guys job
The guys in front of me got the job done and because of that, I got a fastball to hit.
fastball thinking
The fastball is coming, but I'm not thinking about the fastball right now. I'm thinking about the game, and the fastball is going to come. Oliver Perez
fastball good
The fastball is as good as it's ever been with location. John Smoltz
fastball gone hit knew middle threw waiting
It was just amazing. It was a 3-2 count, waiting on the curveball but he threw me a fastball down the middle so I jumped on it in a hurry. I knew it was gone when it hit the bat.
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.
fastball four guys hard hit innings key lay pitchers sit stuff throw throwing tried
They've got some guys who throw pretty hard. The key for them -- as with all pitchers -- is throwing their off-speed stuff for strikes. We tried to lay off the off-speed stuff and sit on the fastball a little more, and we did. Overall, we hit the ball hard. We hit the ball hard the first four innings but just right at people.