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He has better stuff than [the Yankees' Mariano] Rivera. With Rivera, you can put the ball in play. W...
CARLOS LEE I just missed off the plate. I'd rather that than miss over the plate and them hit it over the wall.
SIDNEY PONSON He got a pitch out over the plate -- probably a mistake -- and I hit it on a line. Hit it high here,...
BRIAN GILES That's as good as you're going to see, ... other than Mariano Rivera.
JEFF CONINE He's an All-Star - probably the best hitter in their lineup. He's a good hitter, and you can't leave...
MATT CLEMENT I only have one question: 'Do I look good running the bases?' Because I almost forgot how to do it. ...
DARYLE WARD I like to jump on the first pitch when they leave it over the plate. I like to be aggressive at the ...
HOLLY MARTIN I was just looking for a ball over the plate and get it into the air (for a sacrifice fly), ... The ...
JOHN OLERUD We were throwing a lot of curveballs and cutters. When you have a left-handed-dominated lineup and I...
KIRK SAARLOOS When you leave a ball out over the plate to a guy like Andruw Jones, he doesn't miss very many.
BRIAN SCHNEIDER![]()
Yeah, it looked like it was a good pitch. He hit his spot and obviously you think the catcher is goi...
VERNON WELLS I'm looking for a good pitch to hit, something that he'll leave over the plate. He just did a good j...
JOHN OLERUD I slipped and the ball got away from me with nothing on it. Maybe it's lucky it hit Lou, instead of ...
CARL HUBBELL He left it up and out over the plate. I got lucky there. I got behind in the count and had a pitch e...
ERIC BRUNTLETT It's not good or bad, but closers have changed things. I don't think you are going to win a ...
BRUCE SUTTER He leaned out over the plate and yanked it over first base. It's an OK pitch selection, an OK pitch ...
WILL OHMAN I'd only do that for a few closers - Mariano Rivera, Billy, [Eric] Gagne and [Trevor] Hoffman, ... T...
UGUETH URBINA It's got to be Mariano Rivera. No question about it. He was successful in the postseason, and he's g...
JOSE MESA I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS When life throws its curve ball it is our job to step up to the plate and hit that ball the other di...
AUSTIN RAY SHOCKLEY You have to keep pitching, and if you make a mistake you know it is going to be a hit, ... You keep ...
ERVIN SANTANA She hit a good pitch. Sometimes you have to give it to the batter when they do that.
DEANNA MINUTO We did a better job today of putting the ball into play. I think we've been doing a little too much ...
ANN MOLSKI Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked ...
BOB THOMAS There is only one Mariano Rivera. There won't be another person who will come along and do what ...
JORGE POSADA Kline threw the ball over the plate (54 strikes out of 78 pitches) and made them hit it. He kept it ...
BOB THOMAS I'm not going to try in every at-bat to have a home-run swing. Take it easy. Take my pitch, hit the ...
FELIX PIE I didn't establish my fastball inside, and that's my bread-and-butter pitch. I made a mistake to Nom...
NOAH LOWRY That may have been true in the '50s. But if I'm playing against the Yankees and they say, 'You can t...
BRUCE SUTTER![]()
In my opinion, there was not a more feared hitter in baseball. When he walked to the plate and stare...
WADE BOGGS 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 We have really been stinging the ball lately. When we are aggressive at the plate and use good pitch...
JUDY SHAUBACH He's a great pitcher. He's a Hall of Fame pitcher. But he's got to throw the ball over the plate and...
A.J. PIERZYNSKI They hit a weak ground ball right up the middle, and nobody could get to it. I made my pitch, they j...
CHAD QUALLS [In that situation] I have to hit my spots and not throw it over the plate, ... If I just keep it do...
AKINORI OTSUKA Really the last couple of times out we've really done a much better job of pitch selection with our ...
BRIAN MORRISON When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
RANDY JOHNSON You've definitely got to be careful. That last pitch he could have hit 450 feet. Their whole lineup ...
HUSTON STREET It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike a...
BRIAN LAWRENCE It was just a missed spot. I left the ball up in the zone and they hit it.
GUSTAVO CHACIN You know, he's one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Just to get a pitch up, out over the plate,...
BRIAN MCCANN It's not hard to hit lay-ins, and when you're shooting wide-open shots and not turning the ball over...
FRED TRENKLE That?s the game sometimes. You?re aggressive and let the pitch go and attack them. The guy took adva...
DAVE JORN When I hit the ball, I do want to hurt it.
BRYCE HARPER![]()
If I hadn't gotten on base and Molitor singled, Carter wouldn't have gotten the pitch he got to hit ...
RICKEY HENDERSON (Griffey) is probably the best hitter in baseball and we didn't make good pitches to him. When we di...
LLOYD MCCLENDON That way when the opponent thinks I'm going to hit it hard, I can tip the ball. That gives you anoth...
LAURI HAKALA 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![]()
You've got to hit the ball like the [left] fielder did, on a line. You've got to really jolt it to h...
TONY LA RUSSA The ball came over my head and it hit my hand. I said 'What do you call that ref?' and he said we wo...
DARREN WARD If you're hitting .300, it means you're seeing the ball and getting a good pitch to hit.
XAVIER NADY The second inning was better than his first. He had some nice pop, but when you can't get your secon...
MARK FOULKES What I was pleased with was that we hit the ball hard today. We made adjustments at the plate, and g...
JACK BROOKS Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and los...
BILLY SYLVESTER Cat left a pitch over the plate. We've seen [Lake] plenty, we recruited her, she's a great athlete. ...
CONNIE CLARK We've been hitting the ball and we hit it again today. It's 10 times easier to pitch when you score ...
BRANDON BATES![]()
Its a funny thing, I noticed that when people are joking theyre usually dead serious, and when theyr...
JIM MORRISON![]()
I had a 97 mile-an-hour fast ball, and I couldn't hit the plate. Like Nuke LaLoosh.
DENNIS LEHANE Every night, I try to hustle and do what I can do. And when you hit a ground ball, you should hustle...
STEVE CLEVENGER The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Ever...
JAMES ADKINS We know it's going to be a close game when we play them. I knew I needed to come out and pitch a goo...
BROOKE ROSS We have been hitting the ball real good. We try to approach the plate aggressively and hit the ball ...
JEFF DAY Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.
JOHN W. RAPER Hoffman just made a mistake and put something over the plate I could hit,
BRIAN GILES He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t...
SKIP CARR 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 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 I had a good day and hit the ball very well. I think I only missed two greens and I don't think I mi...
CARIN KOCH We took advantage of the opportunities. We hit the ball the opposite way, we went with the pitch, we...
CHARLIE SMYTHERS I still wait for my pitch. I always try to hit a good pitch.
DREW STAMERJOHN Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, thr...
PEDRO MARTINEZ The plate is in fair territory and the player never left the plate. It hit off the plate and stayed ...
HAL HAYDEN Hitting the ball the other way, and pitch selection. Being more relaxed at the plate and being more ...
ROBERT ANDINO He got me. It wasn't too bad of a pitch, maybe (it) caught a lot of the plate though. It was down, a...
GREG MADDUX![]()
Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
DALE MURPHY He?s going to leave the park if he swings at good balls. He just hit through that pitch. It was alre...
CHARLIE MANUEL![]()
When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.
JOHN MADDEN If you?d like I can call Mariano and we can discuss it and see if I can get his blessing. I can?t wa...
BILLY WAGNER![]()
My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the fi...
RUDY GIULIANI I was fortunate to get something out over the plate that I could hit out of the park,
GARRET ANDERSON![]()
(Rivera) was going to get the ball even if we were down a run, ... Having the lead was just a bonus.
JOE TORRE![]()
The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
SAM SNEAD You watch [the ball] out of their hand and you pretty much tell whether it's going to be a good pitc...
ELIJAH DUKES![]()
(Clemens) is tough enough to hit when it's over the plate and if he starts getting a big plate, that...
TONY LA RUSSA![]()
These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
SAM SNEAD 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 As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G...
JOEY GATHRIGHT The girls stayed in there and they fought. I thought we hit the ball all over the place both games. ...
JANET CHARTNEY![]()
I left [the ball to Ward] out over the middle of the plate, ... He hammered the thing. It was well-s...
BRANDON WEBB I don't count the first one, because I just made a terrible pitch. After that, tip your hat, because...
JOHN SMOLTZ When you've got the lead, you've got to pitch ahead; you've got to throw fastballs. You've got to pu...
HARRY THOLEN He (Austin) just missed his spot and it got out over the plate. With a big kid like that, he (Jimene...
JOE DURANT As he was going up to the plate, (his teammates) were telling him he'd get a chance to swing. The on...
CHARLIE WARNER The girls hit the ball well and were patient at the plate. They swung at the pitches they could hit.
CRAIG LAUGER You knew he was a player the minute you saw him hit a ball. Every time he came to the plate you were...
CAROL BROWN It was a pretty good pitch. I think [Jones] was looking for it. How he hit that ball -- yeah, I shou...
FREDDY GARCIA When we hit, we hit big. But when we missed, we missed a lot. When you count five falls for 2 1/2 po...
FRANK KUDLAC It's just great to win a ball game after our many games of frustration. Our kids made some great def...
LEM ELWAY We had a walk-off hit by pitch. We had a single to tie it. They intentionally walked the next guy to...
TIM LOCKWOOD![]()
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a gol...
DENNIS QUAID
CARLOS LEE I just missed off the plate. I'd rather that than miss over the plate and them hit it over the wall.
SIDNEY PONSON He got a pitch out over the plate -- probably a mistake -- and I hit it on a line. Hit it high here,...
BRIAN GILES That's as good as you're going to see, ... other than Mariano Rivera.
JEFF CONINE He's an All-Star - probably the best hitter in their lineup. He's a good hitter, and you can't leave...
MATT CLEMENT I only have one question: 'Do I look good running the bases?' Because I almost forgot how to do it. ...
DARYLE WARD I like to jump on the first pitch when they leave it over the plate. I like to be aggressive at the ...
HOLLY MARTIN I was just looking for a ball over the plate and get it into the air (for a sacrifice fly), ... The ...
JOHN OLERUD We were throwing a lot of curveballs and cutters. When you have a left-handed-dominated lineup and I...
KIRK SAARLOOS When you leave a ball out over the plate to a guy like Andruw Jones, he doesn't miss very many.
BRIAN SCHNEIDER
Yeah, it looked like it was a good pitch. He hit his spot and obviously you think the catcher is goi... VERNON WELLS I'm looking for a good pitch to hit, something that he'll leave over the plate. He just did a good j...
JOHN OLERUD I slipped and the ball got away from me with nothing on it. Maybe it's lucky it hit Lou, instead of ...
CARL HUBBELL He left it up and out over the plate. I got lucky there. I got behind in the count and had a pitch e...
ERIC BRUNTLETT It's not good or bad, but closers have changed things. I don't think you are going to win a ...
BRUCE SUTTER He leaned out over the plate and yanked it over first base. It's an OK pitch selection, an OK pitch ...
WILL OHMAN I'd only do that for a few closers - Mariano Rivera, Billy, [Eric] Gagne and [Trevor] Hoffman, ... T...
UGUETH URBINA It's got to be Mariano Rivera. No question about it. He was successful in the postseason, and he's g...
JOSE MESA I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.
CLAUDIO VARGAS When life throws its curve ball it is our job to step up to the plate and hit that ball the other di...
AUSTIN RAY SHOCKLEY You have to keep pitching, and if you make a mistake you know it is going to be a hit, ... You keep ...
ERVIN SANTANA She hit a good pitch. Sometimes you have to give it to the batter when they do that.
DEANNA MINUTO We did a better job today of putting the ball into play. I think we've been doing a little too much ...
ANN MOLSKI Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked ...
BOB THOMAS There is only one Mariano Rivera. There won't be another person who will come along and do what ...
JORGE POSADA Kline threw the ball over the plate (54 strikes out of 78 pitches) and made them hit it. He kept it ...
BOB THOMAS I'm not going to try in every at-bat to have a home-run swing. Take it easy. Take my pitch, hit the ...
FELIX PIE I didn't establish my fastball inside, and that's my bread-and-butter pitch. I made a mistake to Nom...
NOAH LOWRY That may have been true in the '50s. But if I'm playing against the Yankees and they say, 'You can t...
BRUCE SUTTER
In my opinion, there was not a more feared hitter in baseball. When he walked to the plate and stare... WADE BOGGS 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 We have really been stinging the ball lately. When we are aggressive at the plate and use good pitch...
JUDY SHAUBACH He's a great pitcher. He's a Hall of Fame pitcher. But he's got to throw the ball over the plate and...
A.J. PIERZYNSKI They hit a weak ground ball right up the middle, and nobody could get to it. I made my pitch, they j...
CHAD QUALLS [In that situation] I have to hit my spots and not throw it over the plate, ... If I just keep it do...
AKINORI OTSUKA Really the last couple of times out we've really done a much better job of pitch selection with our ...
BRIAN MORRISON When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
RANDY JOHNSON You've definitely got to be careful. That last pitch he could have hit 450 feet. Their whole lineup ...
HUSTON STREET It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike a...
BRIAN LAWRENCE It was just a missed spot. I left the ball up in the zone and they hit it.
GUSTAVO CHACIN You know, he's one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Just to get a pitch up, out over the plate,...
BRIAN MCCANN It's not hard to hit lay-ins, and when you're shooting wide-open shots and not turning the ball over...
FRED TRENKLE That?s the game sometimes. You?re aggressive and let the pitch go and attack them. The guy took adva...
DAVE JORN When I hit the ball, I do want to hurt it.
BRYCE HARPER
If I hadn't gotten on base and Molitor singled, Carter wouldn't have gotten the pitch he got to hit ... RICKEY HENDERSON (Griffey) is probably the best hitter in baseball and we didn't make good pitches to him. When we di...
LLOYD MCCLENDON That way when the opponent thinks I'm going to hit it hard, I can tip the ball. That gives you anoth...
LAURI HAKALA 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
You've got to hit the ball like the [left] fielder did, on a line. You've got to really jolt it to h... TONY LA RUSSA The ball came over my head and it hit my hand. I said 'What do you call that ref?' and he said we wo...
DARREN WARD If you're hitting .300, it means you're seeing the ball and getting a good pitch to hit.
XAVIER NADY The second inning was better than his first. He had some nice pop, but when you can't get your secon...
MARK FOULKES What I was pleased with was that we hit the ball hard today. We made adjustments at the plate, and g...
JACK BROOKS Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and los...
BILLY SYLVESTER Cat left a pitch over the plate. We've seen [Lake] plenty, we recruited her, she's a great athlete. ...
CONNIE CLARK We've been hitting the ball and we hit it again today. It's 10 times easier to pitch when you score ...
BRANDON BATES
Its a funny thing, I noticed that when people are joking theyre usually dead serious, and when theyr... JIM MORRISON
I had a 97 mile-an-hour fast ball, and I couldn't hit the plate. Like Nuke LaLoosh. DENNIS LEHANE Every night, I try to hustle and do what I can do. And when you hit a ground ball, you should hustle...
STEVE CLEVENGER The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Ever...
JAMES ADKINS We know it's going to be a close game when we play them. I knew I needed to come out and pitch a goo...
BROOKE ROSS We have been hitting the ball real good. We try to approach the plate aggressively and hit the ball ...
JEFF DAY Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.
JOHN W. RAPER Hoffman just made a mistake and put something over the plate I could hit,
BRIAN GILES He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t...
SKIP CARR 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 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 I had a good day and hit the ball very well. I think I only missed two greens and I don't think I mi...
CARIN KOCH We took advantage of the opportunities. We hit the ball the opposite way, we went with the pitch, we...
CHARLIE SMYTHERS I still wait for my pitch. I always try to hit a good pitch.
DREW STAMERJOHN Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, thr...
PEDRO MARTINEZ The plate is in fair territory and the player never left the plate. It hit off the plate and stayed ...
HAL HAYDEN Hitting the ball the other way, and pitch selection. Being more relaxed at the plate and being more ...
ROBERT ANDINO He got me. It wasn't too bad of a pitch, maybe (it) caught a lot of the plate though. It was down, a...
GREG MADDUX
Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate. DALE MURPHY He?s going to leave the park if he swings at good balls. He just hit through that pitch. It was alre...
CHARLIE MANUEL
When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to. JOHN MADDEN If you?d like I can call Mariano and we can discuss it and see if I can get his blessing. I can?t wa...
BILLY WAGNER
My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the fi... RUDY GIULIANI I was fortunate to get something out over the plate that I could hit out of the park,
GARRET ANDERSON
(Rivera) was going to get the ball even if we were down a run, ... Having the lead was just a bonus. JOE TORRE
The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. SAM SNEAD You watch [the ball] out of their hand and you pretty much tell whether it's going to be a good pitc...
ELIJAH DUKES
(Clemens) is tough enough to hit when it's over the plate and if he starts getting a big plate, that... TONY LA RUSSA
These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. SAM SNEAD 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 As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G...
JOEY GATHRIGHT The girls stayed in there and they fought. I thought we hit the ball all over the place both games. ...
JANET CHARTNEY
I left [the ball to Ward] out over the middle of the plate, ... He hammered the thing. It was well-s... BRANDON WEBB I don't count the first one, because I just made a terrible pitch. After that, tip your hat, because...
JOHN SMOLTZ When you've got the lead, you've got to pitch ahead; you've got to throw fastballs. You've got to pu...
HARRY THOLEN He (Austin) just missed his spot and it got out over the plate. With a big kid like that, he (Jimene...
JOE DURANT As he was going up to the plate, (his teammates) were telling him he'd get a chance to swing. The on...
CHARLIE WARNER The girls hit the ball well and were patient at the plate. They swung at the pitches they could hit.
CRAIG LAUGER You knew he was a player the minute you saw him hit a ball. Every time he came to the plate you were...
CAROL BROWN It was a pretty good pitch. I think [Jones] was looking for it. How he hit that ball -- yeah, I shou...
FREDDY GARCIA When we hit, we hit big. But when we missed, we missed a lot. When you count five falls for 2 1/2 po...
FRANK KUDLAC It's just great to win a ball game after our many games of frustration. Our kids made some great def...
LEM ELWAY We had a walk-off hit by pitch. We had a single to tie it. They intentionally walked the next guy to...
TIM LOCKWOOD
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a gol... DENNIS QUAID
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