Famous Quotes & Sayings

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 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.

I just look for a fastball and just swing as hard as I can.

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?

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

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

Ian Snell

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.

O. Henry

It was a 3-2 fastball up in the zone. He did a good job on (it).

They hit every fastball he threw. When you spot somebody 10 runs, it is pretty tough to win.

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.

Sean Doolittle

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.

It was a fastball inside. It didn't move a lot.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Bruce Bochy

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