Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brad Ausmus

He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down for the most part, and he got away with mistakes when they were up.

Frank Robinson

He has the green light when he's up there leading off an inning. He's a good fastball pitcher. It's up to him if he wants to take a pitch.

He got hold of a fastball and just ripped it. He had a good swing and he's a good hitter. It's just one of those things that happens.

Paul Azinger

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

Clint Hurdle

We want to see his command, we want him to utilize his pitches, ... We also want to see him use his two-seam fastball and sinkerball.

Ned Yost

Tomo was very crisp today. He was sharp, he was throwing his fastball as hard as he has all year.

Usually, I like to come in with a straight fastball and take it from there. Sometimes, I'll work in my slider. Everything seemed to be working today, so it was real good.

Andruw Jones

When guys make mistakes you have to take advantage. He made a mistake with the fastball the first time.

We needed Rich to throw that fastball down in the zone better when we have a lead like that late in the game.

I was working on throwing my fastball away and inside to left-handed hitters. They haven't told me what plans they have for me yet. That's all I can do whether I am a starter or in the bullpen.

I want to work on changeups to lefties. I'd just thrown a fastball and he pulled it foul, so I thought it was a good time for something slow. He hit it out on his front foot, but he kept his hands back.

Francisco Liriano

I am still working on my fastball now, and that's really all I want to focus on. Just locating my fastball is my goal right now.

Albert Pujols

I trust that I can hit a fastball, that I can hit any pitch they throw to me.

Mark Hendrickson

That was a fastball that was all over the place. But it worked.

I got a little lucky. It was a fastball outside and I went with it.

One mistake is all it takes with these kind of bats. It was supposed to be a fastball in, but it wasn't in enough.

My fastball was working today, but I was not throwing anything else for strikes.

Kris Benson

My fastball location was terrible. As hot as their team is, you've got to make your pitches and I didn't.

When he hit that ball, it was a batting-practice fastball over the plate and he hit it on the screws. It went to the furthest part of the park.

Matt throws a plus slider, but the fastball is his foremost pitch.

The (pitch to Rivera) was a fastball in and that's something I need to work on.

Cliff Lee

I got it done today. I really didn't have my 'A' game. ... I really didn't feel like I had good zip on my fastball today, but I was still able to locate it pretty good. I know I got them looking for fastballs, and then started throwing changeups a little.

I got one pitch up to him. I didn't get the fastball in enough.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tom Glavine

It was a fastball in, and I didn't get it in enough.