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Pitch counts have gotten into everybody's brain. Guys make so much money now. You want to protect yo...
NED YOST Those are kind of the two guys you don't want to beat you. That's definitely one of the things we ta...
TED LILLY With two guys on, you have to go after them with your best pitch, and for me, that is a fastball. Th...
BOBBY JENKS Early on, if you see your pitch, you want to drive it. We all got a good pitch to hit early, but we ...
JUSTIN SELLERS When you've got guys like Andruw (Jones), Chipper (Jones), Julio (Franco) and Marcus (Giles) in fron...
JEFF FRANCOEUR That's what you need out of guys in playoff baseball. You need guys to come off the bench and get bi...
BOBBY SMITH The main trouble with Hollywood is that the guys you have to pitch to, the guys who run the studios,...
TERRY ZWIGOFF He's a great competitor, he's fearless. He'll throw any pitch over at any count. You're not going to...
JERRY NARRON It was almost like we were afraid to go after the first pitch because you don't want to make the fir...
CARSON KAINER We're going to pitch, but we didn't pitch great today. There's no doubt about that. Clayton McMillan...
JAMES MANSINGER It's tough for guys who are as competitive as McCulloch is to stay focused when they are up 10-0. It...
BUDDY GOULDSMITH No, it didn't hit him. [But] that pitch was more in and less up than the pitch to Duffy.
JOSH BARD You really have nothing to lose in that situation. I choked up a little bit, especially with two str...
RICH AURILIA We want to pitch it, pitch it, pitch it. We don't want Adam carrying the ball because we have so man...
DAVE ADAMS That?s the game sometimes. You?re aggressive and let the pitch go and attack them. The guy took adva...
DAVE JORN You have to pitch inside. It was a sinker that moved too much. I didn't want to hit him. What can yo...
FRANKLYN GERMAN You're supposed to throw strikes in that situation instead of wasting pitches. You don't want to sta...
BRAD THOMPSON We saw that he was frustrated with himself a little bit. As older guys, we have to stay on him, make...
CARL EVERETT Morgan hit a good pitch, I thought. He hit it a long way to the opposite field. [On Ausmus' homer], ...
JASON ISRINGHAUSEN It's good to get out of a situation where you pitch a good game and the guys ask, 'Did you miss Barr...
JASON CHRISTIANSEN ...You work that hard to get up here, and you think, one pitch and it could be all over for your son...
BILL HARTLEY In Montreal, we let the young guys pitch,
FELIPE ALOU He's going to give me one pitch to hit. That's why it's a situation where I can't miss that pitch. B...
JAVIER VALENTIN I would say guys who pitch in the Caribbean Series are ahead, really. You come to Spring Training an...
KEN MACHA The kids work hard on their hitting. It's not just in practice, but they go different places and wor...
CRAIG WINTER The hard part is these are young guys, and we talked about executing a plan on each pitch.
ANDY LOPEZ You can definitely make them better. A couple of guys have gotten better already. You stay on top of...
JIM LEYLAND When I have two strikes, I feel free, ... My job is to make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches, and ...
DAVID ECKSTEIN You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't...
MARIANO RIVERA We wanted to get him some mound work tonight, but we didn't want to pitch him to death. It worked ou...
BOBBY BYERLY You have to make sure you stick with your guys. He doesn't want to lose you, and you don't want to l...
GREG ROSE I didn't establish my fastball inside, and that's my bread-and-butter pitch. I made a mistake to Nom...
NOAH LOWRY He's going to try to be careful with me and he's only going to give me one pitch to hit, ... In that...
JAVIER VALENTIN We feel we have a good young arm going against those guys, and the only way you're going to beat pit...
MIKE SCIOSCIA The strength of this team is its pitching depth. Last year, we relied on David Paddock and Brett Fro...
JEFF KEIFER I'm getting pitches to hit and swinging. Once you get your pitch, keep swinging,
DAVID ORTIZ
Their pitcher was settling down and getting into a groove. There were two outs, Chris had two strike... BRIAN CARTER We have to work on our plate discipline and look for the best pitches to hit. Sometimes some of the ...
BOBBY RODRIGUEZ He's had some tough luck against these guys, so it's good to see him come out and pitch the way he d...
AUSTIN KEARNS Early on in the game, we tried to pitch a lot of left-handers inside for strikes, which allows you t...
DEREK LOWE Those are the same guys that threw against us at their place. They didn't pitch good today, but I th...
JAMES MANSINGER We had to get a key hit there. If you asked me the two guys I wanted up, it'd be those two guys - it...
FRED HILL Man to God: "I've let you down so many times."
God to man: "You weren't holding me up. I ...
THE SKIT GUYS He didn't pitch that bad. He threw strikes, and that's the key for him. He didn't get hit hard at al...
JOEY CORA We knew we could hit him. We just had to get out in front and sit on that first pitch fastball.
BRYSON BENDALL That's what you want... you work hard, you want your guys to, you know, work the same way you wo...
STEFON DIGGS It is now on the players themselves to learn as much as they can about the weather and pitch conditi...
GUS LOGIE You want to get that third out as quickly as possible. It was a pretty good pitch, but he hit it wel...
CHAD GAUDIN
You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you w... DWIGHT GOODEN Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y...
THEHEALTHFOODGURU I've got all my buddies calling and telling me, 'Nice job,' and I didn't do anything. They're all gi...
CLIFF POLITTE I feel very confident with two strikes. I feel it's more of a freedom. I get very upset with myself ...
DAVID ECKSTEIN What's frustrating is that is just seems like it's one little thing that's leading to it. Tonight, I...
JOE BOROWSKI
We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL
Moose is important. He's a stabilizer on our staff. He's not overpowering like some of the guys but ... JOE TORRE His whole career is he'll walk some guys, but he makes the big pitch to get out of the inning.
BOB MELVIN There's other guys here and I know they want to pitch every five days, too, so it's not just me.
JAVIER VAZQUEZ Those guys hit so well with two strikes. We were throwing pitches five inches off the plate and they...
CHANCE WHEELESS I think there will be guys, and you hope one of them slips to us but you don't want to get into a si...
CHUCK BRESNAHAN He's a great player, somebody definitely in the clutch that you want handling the ball. We played pr...
ANDREW STRAIT To tell you the truth, that's how I expect Brett to pitch every game. He's really come a long way si...
KURT PETERS We had 13 guys left on base. That doesn't help any matters. Our bullpen late in games has been doing...
JOE MIKULIK You hit first or second, you know they're going to come at you because they don't want anybody on ba...
GARRETT ATKINS In the past, my slider's been really good -- that's my out pitch. Last year, it was average, at best...
CHAD HARVILLE They give you pitches to hit. It's just a matter of hitting that pitch as opposed to fouling it off ...
NATE SCHIERHOLTZ We had a pitch count and we felt Eddie was getting a little tired there. I think he walked three bat...
JASON BRANDT You have to keep pitching, and if you make a mistake you know it is going to be a hit, ... You keep ...
ERVIN SANTANA If anybody wants him, they can make up their minds by watching him out on the pitch.
DAVID JEFFREY The most difficult pitch for a young catcher to catch is the glove-hand side pitch. You have a tende...
JOE MADDON He's at his best with two strikes. He sets his mind on one pitch and it doesn't matter if it's on th...
TOM GRAHAM Really I wasn't looking for a particular pitch. Just up in the zone where I could get a fly ball. On...
BILLY HALL Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... You don't want to see that happen on the pitch, it's only right to try and break it up.
GARETH BARRY They've got their work cut out for them if they're going to get under my skin. You can clearly see g...
GREG BIFFLE I just tried to be aggressive. I got a good pitch to hit and put the best swing I could on it. We ha...
BRIAN SCHNEIDER We were calling pitches to pitch around Ovens, but the pitchers weren't pitching it. It's that simpl...
DAVE MOATES
There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forge... CLINT EASTWOOD He does more in the game of basketball than make baskets, but certainly we don't win without him mak...
BRUCE PEARL I've been in that situation before. You can't let it bother you. You just have to pitch and do the b...
BROOKE ROSS I just wanted him to be aware that that's the only (room on the ice) you're going to get. You've got...
TONY AMONTE If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.
ROGER CLEMENS I always tell the players to keep their neck muscles tight or firm them up so you don't strain their...
JOHNNY RAMOS [The pitchers] need to carry out what we've given them. I've often found out it is easier for that p...
JOE GIRARDI We've been hitting the ball and we hit it again today. It's 10 times easier to pitch when you score ...
BRANDON BATES I just made one bad pitch, I put it where he could hit it and he did. He just hit the pitch that he ...
BRANDON ERBE Any time your big guys will go out and run, you put a lot of pressure on the opposition. We have guy...
BRETT NORRIS We were aware of his every whereabouts. He likes to make his moves in transition. We had three or fo...
ANTHONY JOHNSON We just want to come out and execute our plays no matter who's out there. They've got a good seconda...
BLAKE MITCHELL She hit a good pitch. Sometimes you have to give it to the batter when they do that.
DEANNA MINUTO He was throwing first-pitch curveball most of the night and throwing it for strikes. That's what it ...
JASON HORNE The atmosphere on the pitch and outside the pitch was not a sports atmosphere. In sport, you win and...
BRANKO IVANKOVIC We have seven or eight guys who can pitch. They're not all pitchers, but they're all competitors.
DENNY BUTLER
A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about... WARREN SPAHN trying to get guys to understand that you have to work the count, you have to swing at strikes, do a...
DAVE ROBERTS I really like playing good guys, of course. Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you c...
LANCE HENRIKSEN Two perfect pitches to bunt -- they are fouled off and we left our guys stranded. (Chicago) created ...
JIM TRACY The young guys in here, they should be watching him. It's not like he gets the ball and throws it. H...
CARLOS SILVA We want to get the post involved a lot more. We've got a lot of guys who can play down low so we wan...
ALEX WHITE
A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about... WARREN SPAHN He's not afraid to fail. If he swings at a pitch in the dirt, he stays with it. He doesn't get timid...
ERIC WEDGE
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Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and st... 