Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Nelson

The 2-2 pitch was pretty close, ... The 3-2 fastball wasn't.

That was a terrible pitch. I left a fastball up and he made me pay for it.

That was a good sign. It means I'm keeping my fastball down. That's what I wanted to concentrate on doing.

We were going fastball in and it just kind of pulled a little too much, just out of my reach. I just ran out of arm. My arm's not long enough to get it.

I thought I located my fastball pretty well. I made some mistakes, but for the most part I think I did pretty well. If I can throw like I did today, then why can't I do it in a week? We'll find out down the stretch.

Mike Timlin

I was trying to go fastball down and away. You don't want the guy to hit the ball to left field with power, and he's got some power. Dougie set up down and away. The ball was middle up, and he just tomahawked it.

I was trying to throw a good fastball down and away. I just left it up a little bit. Like I say, this guy's got tremendous power. This guy is an All-Star.

Geovany Soto

We were just trying to locate a fastball away - trying to get ahead. He got good wood on it. He timed it good and hit it out of the park. I tip my hat to him.

Ron Gardenhire

Poise? I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball with a curveball from hell.

Ted Lilly

I would have liked my curveball to be a little sharper. I've been working on it this spring. The location of my fastball is good and that is my number one priority.

I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be a big pitch for me. I had to get the feel for it. Today was a good start.

Johan Santana

I felt pretty good today. I was throwing the fastball in and out of the plate and I was able to throw my change-up. It was a nice day.

I felt pretty good out there. I had my fastball and change-up. I've been working a lot in the bullpen, and that helped my confidence.

I felt a little weak, but I wasn't throwing my fastball where I needed it. It all snowballed from there.

Ron Gardenhire

I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball and a curveball from hell.

Jose Reyes

I don't try to hit home runs. It was a fastball inside, a good pitch to hit.

Today I could locate all my off speed pitches for strikes, I wanted to keep the White Sox off balance, ... I know they are a good hitting fastball team.

Sean Burroughs

Here it is, hit it, ... Everything was hard, hard, hard, so it was get it ready early. I was looking fastball every pitch.

Willie Randolph

His stuff was pretty good, I thought, really. He had a sneaky fastball and threw in the low 90s. I think overall he threw the ball pretty well.

Keeping them off my fastball made my fastball that much better. I think that's the big key for that lineup, because they're such a good fastball-hitting team.

It could help, because I can work even more on my spins. If you're just a fastball pitcher, it's going to hurt you.

He mixed his pitches well. He's probably got a fastball better than we've seen this year.

John Gibbons

He was just trying to run the fastball inside.

He was spotting the outside fastball and they were going after it.

Dusty Baker

He wanted the victory and knew we needed it. His fastball was moving.

Phil Garner

He did a very nice job. He had a pretty nice fastball and was locating it pretty well, and they just stayed with it all night long. It was kind of an unusually pitched game. You don't see a guy use primarily fastballs. He had a little life on it.

Johnny Damon

He can set you up with a changeup, then throw an 88-mph fastball by you.

He left a fastball right outside and I just went with it, did what I could with it.

Reggie Sanders

He worked a lot more away than normal. Then, he spotted inside later. And his fastball had better velocity.

He had a real good fastball and good location. He stayed primarily with his fastball.

Phil Garner

He had a pretty nice fastball and he was locating it pretty good and they just stayed with it all night. It was kind of an unusually pitched game. You don't see a guy use primary fastballs but he was locating where he wanted and they stayed with it and he did a nice job.

He had good life on his fastball today. He put guys away when he needed to. He was very aggressive. I think he's going to be good.

He did a good job of moving his fastball around and mixing in his curveball.