Famous Quotes & Sayings

The most important thing is that I'm able to throw all my pitches for strikes.

Bruce Bochy

The most important thing is getting the pitching in order.

(Teams) all prepare better for better pitching now. Your pitcher has to be able to do other things now. You just can't throw it by people.

Clint Hurdle

As we've talked about in the past, when he pitches (instead of throws), he can be very good.

That pitch he struck Trot out on was the one I used to swing at.

Oliver Perez

That's when you put too much pressure on yourself. And if you do that, you don't pitch well. I'm not going to think so much about it and just play baseball. That's what I'll tell those guys, too.

That's what makes (Sammons) so good. He's always around the plate and he can throw any pitch at any time in the count.

Zach (Hedges) started out a little shaky. But then he settled down and only threw 66 pitches through six innings. That is phenomenal.

Dusty Baker

You want him to go out and pitch the way he has pitched before.

Huston Street

You never like your first pitch to be taken deep, but you've just got to regroup,

Jason Bay

A lot of it probably has to do with the pitchers that they've had.

Johnny Damon

They're a team that's going to be very scary. If their pitching stays healthy, they're going to be very, very good.

Moises Alou

They're never going to pitch to the guy.

Mark Mulder

There's a lot of pitchers who've got it. That's an out pitch for them. It's a big pitch.

Frank Robinson

The thing about the pitching staff right now is it's taxed. It's overtaxed. It's tired.

Mike Butcher

Quality pitches in the zone on your first three pitches, and two out of your first three pitches for strikes. We'd like for a pitcher to throw 12 to 15 pitches an inning.

Realistically, if we would've made the outs, we could've won. All of our pitching was outstanding.

Jason LaRue

It's pitching and defense. That's what wins games.

Their records don't tell the story at all. Our pitching is the strongest part of our game.

Their pitcher was great. We didn't make the adjustments on his curve.

Joe Girardi

Their young shortstop has power. And we didn't pitch him the way we're supposed to.

I'm going into the offseason showing I can pitch and this is what you'll get from me. I'm making my statement.

Mike Montgomery

I'm not going to designate a No. 1. Here's what we have to do. Here's our job. Let's all pitch in.

Tim Hudson

It'll come around. We're just going through a little rough stretch. We know we can pitch better than we have.

Nate Robertson

It's situational things more with Leyland. Not necessarily with pitch selection, things like that.

Reggie Sanders

It's not easy, ... You try to get a pitch to handle. I was able to get on top of it.

Jeff Nelson

I told him, 'How do you pitch better? Not give up any hits?

Freddy Garcia

I tried to let it go, and it wasn't happening. I couldn't make the pitch I wanted to make.

I tried to come back too fast. By trying to pitch before I was ready, I wasted a lot of time.

Mariano Rivera

I trust my pitches, ... I trust my pitches and I trust my teammates.

Hideki Matsui

I took the pitch because I thought it was a ball.

They want to use me for whatever they want, probably long relief, pitching day by day.

Felipe Alou

They want to make it tough for him. I'm not saying it's intentional, I'm just saying they won't give him a pitch to hit.