Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

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.

He throws an upper-80s fastball with a strong slider and keeps the ball down. He's a competitive kid.

Craig Biggio

He threw me one fastball in, and I kind of didn't see it real well off him,

Craig Biggio

He threw me one fastball and I didn't see it really well,

Miguel Cabrera

He threw a fastball down the middle, and I think I can hit that. I hit it pretty good.

He's a pretty good pitcher. The movement on his fastball is something you can't teach.

Bret Boone

He's a pain-in-the-neck when he's on. He can throw his fastball at 97 (mph) and slider at 92, but gets in trouble with his control. He has to throw strikes.

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

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

It was one of those things -- when it got to be 2-0, I wanted to see a fastball and get a hack on it.

Luis Sojo

They're fastball hitters and they're very aggressive. They jumped on the fastballs.

Carlos Zambrano

I tried to throw a fastball inside, and the ball kind of slipped out of my hand where I didn't want to throw it. That was a big mistake. If I walk Chipper in that situation and get a groundball with the next hitter, then nothing happens and I should win the game 2-0.

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.

If I can throw my curveball and changeup in fastball counts, it's going to help me so much, especially when I have runners in scoring position because major-league hitters are aggressive, especially when there's runners on base,

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.