Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Dusty Baker

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Paul Azinger

He'll probably be effective, because those guys haven't seen a 68-mph fastball since Little League.

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

Brad Penny

In the first inning, I didn't have anything, ... My fastball wasn't right. Then I loosened up and threw pretty well the rest of the game.

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.

His fastball location the first two innings was not there, and that was forcing him to make too many pitches.

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.

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?

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.

I'm able to spot my fastball and everything works off that. I'm trying to take it one game at a time, so let's just say I'm in a good groove.

Oliver Perez

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.

John Smoltz

The fastball is as good as it's ever been with location.

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.

Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastball hitting club, and Marcus was able to throw his off-speed pitches for strikes.

Not too bad, huh? I just guessed fastball and threw my hands at it and it just happened to go.

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.

That first inning could have been a lot worse. When I went out there, I just told him to settle down, take a little off his fastball and to find some strikes. They were struggling to put the ball in play.