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I got some good pitches to hit, but I tried to do a little too much.
TODD HELTON He threw a lot of pitches but made some pitches when he needed to. It was very fortunate that he mad...
BILL EVERS We watch film of ourselves, and looking at my mechanics, and I noticed some flaws. I tried to work o...
KRIS JOHNSON He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There...
DAVE PANO He looked pretty good early. We didn't make some plays that we should have, so he had to throw a few...
DAVE ROWELL I just tried to make good pitches. Huff is a good hitter. It was a good battle.
TOM GORDON They did a real good job of working a lot of counts and making me throw a lot of pitches early. Expe...
EDDIE DEGERMAN Matt got the job done OK, but he wasn't real sharp. He had to throw a lot of pitches.
BILL ROGERS Tonight he was really good. He can get wild and throw a lot of balls. We tried to let him do that, b...
MIKE HARGROVE [Python] was able to throw the pitches she needed to throw. We've been working with her on some thin...
JOHN WALSH Woody was great, ... He did a terrific job. He was getting up there in pitches. He had good command,...
BRUCE BOCHY We knew he wouldn't go all the way, so early on, we took some pitches and tried to make him have som...
DEWEY KALMER He fought off some tough pitches and fouled off some tough pitches. If he got a pitch to hit, I was ...
MIKE SCIOSCIA I think our kids started going after some bad pitches. And some of the kids didn't swing at (good) p...
BOB COOLEN He made them hit the ball on the ground with regularity. He made some good pitches.
CLINT HURDLE He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitch...
RICK ANDERSON I tried to throw it away, but it cut in,
ERIK BEDARD Wherever they want me to throw 90 pitches I'm up for it.
A.J. BURNETT He's a pretty good hitter. I'm not going to throw too much inside because I don't want to hit him. I...
EZEQUIEL ASTACIO I got some good pitches to hit and put good swings on them. Good things happened.
ALBERTO CONCEPCION It appeared he tried to throw the dope out.
YVONNE MARTINEZ I felt real good. I was able to execute my delivery and make some good pitches.
BRADEN LOOPER I try to compare what I see now to back then and work out his delivery to be the same. I see some ve...
LUIS ISAAC He spots his pitches very well. It's also not uncommon for him to go out and throw four or five pitc...
CRAIG ANDERSON Conn doesn't throw as hard as Beno, but he stays around the dish with three pitches. It makes it tou...
COOPER FARRIS![]()
I made my pitches when I had to, and that's what counts, ... There were a couple times when I made s...
BRANDON WEBB I tried to throw it on the corner. He could have easily popped it up.
BRETT MYERS Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastbal...
DALE CUTSFORTH I have a pretty good arsenal that I can throw at you. It's nice to have a lot of pitches to choose f...
BRANDON ORR Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door.
MIKE SCIOSCIA I think that he was pretty much doing what he was supposed to do, but he didn't make good enough pit...
DIONER NAVARRO You guys asked me before if he was awestruck with the Yankees, and I tried to downplay that. I don't...
MIKE HARGROVE He took me down right off the bat and I battled back. I tried to throw at the end to take the lead, ...
ADAM VACCARI I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,
BRAD RADKE He did a good job of making pitches when he needed to. We'd like to see him pitch ahead a bit more. ...
PHIL GARNER I had all my pitches and was locating the ball real well. The pitches they got RBIs on were right wh...
BRYAN HENRY He threw some borderline pitches that didn't go his way. I don't think that there were a lot of miss...
BRIAN PRICE![]()
I made a few mistakes, but location-wise I was pretty good with the fastball. I was trying to work a...
BRANDON WEBB He threw the ball fine. We were swinging at some bad pitches and watched some good ones go bye. That...
RICK CALLOWAY The difference today was two bad pitches. Two home runs. Two bad pitches. I hung a couple pitches, b...
FAUSTO CARMONA When you go out there and throw strikes, no matter who you are, you're hard to beat. That's what he ...
ED EASLEY During that good stretch last year, he showed that he could keep the ball down and throw his off-spe...
JASON LARUE He saw the boat and immediately shut down the dam. He tried to throw him a life preserver, but the g...
CHIEF RYAN NICHOLS It's a lot of pitches to throw in 92 degree weather.
JEFF HALL He's a guy that possesses starter stuff. He can throw multiple pitches for strikes. We've had Fausto...
ERIC WEDGE![]()
So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren't friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also we...
LAUREN MYRACLE It had been a long time since I started a game, the middle of spring training when I threw like 60 p...
FERNANDO NIEVE He looked good. He mixed up his pitches. He got one fastball up, I think to a lefty. But he hadn't p...
BENGIE MOLINA That's a tough lineup, and you have to make pitches in good locations to get them out. I think he go...
MIKE SCIOSCIA But I've got to make some better pitches.
MATT MORRIS He had good control and he mixed his pitches well.
BRIAN DALLAS You have to pitch to him like he was a couple of years ago. He hits good pitches, he hits bad pitche...
JOHN PATTERSON Through five, I did exactly what I wanted to do with most of the pitches. In the sixth inning, just ...
SHAWN CHACON Our key is to make him throw pitches and get him out of there. He pitched himself out of a couple of...
RYAN KLESKO I think it is a product of having real good at-bats. He can handle a lot of different pitches and he...
CORY MEE For some reason, I knew he was going to throw it.
AJAY CALVIN Overall, I was happy with it. I made some good pitches when I had to, battled and didn't give into a...
BRANDON ERBE It felt good to get out there and throw strikes. My command was the key tonight. I was able to spot ...
CHRIS DENNIS He can throw to both sides of the plate with all his pitches. If there is a way to get a hitter out ...
DAVE DUNCAN![]()
He was satisfied with the way he felt. He misguided a couple of pitches, but aside from that, he got...
JOE TORRE It is very comforting for our pitchers to know that the pitches they throw for outs - they'll get ou...
ED MATHEY![]()
Any way you slice it, he was outstanding. There were several times when there was some serious thump...
TONY LA RUSSA The thing about Heath is that when he gets into some jams, that's when he's at his best. When he get...
JOE HUDAK We could tell he (Thompson) was getting tired in the seventh inning. He started to hang a few pitche...
GARY MCNAMARA He pitched good, not great. And if he doesn't give it up to Johnson, he pitches great.
CLIFF FLOYD [Maine] had three pitches he was throwing that he looked like he had confidence to throw in any coun...
JOHN OLERUD We had some good blocking ? we stayed on them and tried to get after them. We tried hard to make som...
ANTHONY EVANS The guys behind Kurt made some very good plays. I think early in the year, it's really important bec...
DAVE TREMBLEY I tried to throw more punches. He's an excellent counter puncher.
DAVARRYL WILLIAMSON I came out early and struggled a little bit with the walks. I just tried to concentrate and make goo...
EDDIE DEGERMAN Got bases loaded, Dmitri Young hit a fastball that made it 6-4. Everything was pretty much downhill ...
BRONSON ARROYO I threw some pretty good breaking balls, a lot of curveballs. I tried to throw a few more change ups...
DAN HAREN Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum c...
STEVE CLEVENGER With a guy like that, you've got to get him early. If he starts to feel comfortable and make his pit...
ALBERT PUJOLS We struggled at that [free throw shooting]. We've normally been a very good free throw shooting team...
GREGG HOLIFIELD He tried to force some things.
HERM EDWARDS The same way i could live when I didnt know you, I can live without you after letting you go, But th...
DALEEN IRSHAID I'm throwing the same pitches. I'm just trying to be a smarter pitcher this year. Learn from my mist...
JENNA HOWARD I think he had some issues he was fighting and he tried to fight them alone.
DAVID MCKAY I was trying to mix it up and make good pitches. I didn't make good pitches. Even the inning before ...
GLENDON RUSCH Those were some of the best pitches he threw all night. Matt just has to realize Todd's pretty good....
MIKE MATHENY I was kind of surprised, even over 70-80 pitches, still I felt good. I gave up hits on the off speed...
CHAN HO PARK We had three very good pitches for the series against England (last month) and I believe good pitche...
BOB WOOLMER He's throwing three pitches instead of four pitches, but how he's throwing those three pitches isn't...
JASON VARITEK John is a very composed pitcher who loves to have the ball in pressure situations. He enjoys competi...
LEE MEYER He pitched exceptional. He matched an All-American pitcher, pitch for pitch. He made good pitches wh...
REX PETERS I was just battling out there. I thought I threw some good pitches and the balls just kept [finding]...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ He had some really sharp pitches. He was just a little bit up on occasion. He made some really nice ...
JOE MADDON![]()
The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, fil...
BILL HADER![]()
But [Pooh] couldn't sleep. The more he tried to sleep the more he couldn't. He tried counting Sheep,...
A.A. MILNE It felt real good. I just tried to stay within myself out there. I didn't want to go overboard, just...
A.J. BURNETT They are a good hitting team, no doubt about it. I thought Ryan had some of his pitches up today ear...
TROY SCHAEFER Kyle's got to be it. You take a rookie fourth-round pick and just throw him in. He made plays when h...
OLIN KREUTZ The Cubs take a good approach and they've got something on me that I keep doing -- whether it's offs...
MATT MORRIS I kept looking for Hilliard to throw his curve, but he kept throwing me fastballs. So I kept taking ...
JUSTIN LANE What he does is throw strikes and mix his pitches up. That's what he does well. Any pitcher that thr...
BENGIE MOLINA![]()
I felt pretty good. I made some really good pitches. I think I officially had the tightest [strike] ...
TIM HUDSON He did a very good job here with his pitches. He knew he had to hit the corners, didn't get many pit...
BENGIE MOLINA Patrick didn't have his best stuff. He fought for us, but he didn't have his best stuff. They put a ...
COREY LEWIS I think he will. He usually bounces back pretty good. The thing I like about him is when he does mak...
BRAD HOOVER
TODD HELTON He threw a lot of pitches but made some pitches when he needed to. It was very fortunate that he mad...
BILL EVERS We watch film of ourselves, and looking at my mechanics, and I noticed some flaws. I tried to work o...
KRIS JOHNSON He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There...
DAVE PANO He looked pretty good early. We didn't make some plays that we should have, so he had to throw a few...
DAVE ROWELL I just tried to make good pitches. Huff is a good hitter. It was a good battle.
TOM GORDON They did a real good job of working a lot of counts and making me throw a lot of pitches early. Expe...
EDDIE DEGERMAN Matt got the job done OK, but he wasn't real sharp. He had to throw a lot of pitches.
BILL ROGERS Tonight he was really good. He can get wild and throw a lot of balls. We tried to let him do that, b...
MIKE HARGROVE [Python] was able to throw the pitches she needed to throw. We've been working with her on some thin...
JOHN WALSH Woody was great, ... He did a terrific job. He was getting up there in pitches. He had good command,...
BRUCE BOCHY We knew he wouldn't go all the way, so early on, we took some pitches and tried to make him have som...
DEWEY KALMER He fought off some tough pitches and fouled off some tough pitches. If he got a pitch to hit, I was ...
MIKE SCIOSCIA I think our kids started going after some bad pitches. And some of the kids didn't swing at (good) p...
BOB COOLEN He made them hit the ball on the ground with regularity. He made some good pitches.
CLINT HURDLE He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitch...
RICK ANDERSON I tried to throw it away, but it cut in,
ERIK BEDARD Wherever they want me to throw 90 pitches I'm up for it.
A.J. BURNETT He's a pretty good hitter. I'm not going to throw too much inside because I don't want to hit him. I...
EZEQUIEL ASTACIO I got some good pitches to hit and put good swings on them. Good things happened.
ALBERTO CONCEPCION It appeared he tried to throw the dope out.
YVONNE MARTINEZ I felt real good. I was able to execute my delivery and make some good pitches.
BRADEN LOOPER I try to compare what I see now to back then and work out his delivery to be the same. I see some ve...
LUIS ISAAC He spots his pitches very well. It's also not uncommon for him to go out and throw four or five pitc...
CRAIG ANDERSON Conn doesn't throw as hard as Beno, but he stays around the dish with three pitches. It makes it tou...
COOPER FARRIS
I made my pitches when I had to, and that's what counts, ... There were a couple times when I made s... BRANDON WEBB I tried to throw it on the corner. He could have easily popped it up.
BRETT MYERS Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastbal...
DALE CUTSFORTH I have a pretty good arsenal that I can throw at you. It's nice to have a lot of pitches to choose f...
BRANDON ORR Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door.
MIKE SCIOSCIA I think that he was pretty much doing what he was supposed to do, but he didn't make good enough pit...
DIONER NAVARRO You guys asked me before if he was awestruck with the Yankees, and I tried to downplay that. I don't...
MIKE HARGROVE He took me down right off the bat and I battled back. I tried to throw at the end to take the lead, ...
ADAM VACCARI I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,
BRAD RADKE He did a good job of making pitches when he needed to. We'd like to see him pitch ahead a bit more. ...
PHIL GARNER I had all my pitches and was locating the ball real well. The pitches they got RBIs on were right wh...
BRYAN HENRY He threw some borderline pitches that didn't go his way. I don't think that there were a lot of miss...
BRIAN PRICE
I made a few mistakes, but location-wise I was pretty good with the fastball. I was trying to work a... BRANDON WEBB He threw the ball fine. We were swinging at some bad pitches and watched some good ones go bye. That...
RICK CALLOWAY The difference today was two bad pitches. Two home runs. Two bad pitches. I hung a couple pitches, b...
FAUSTO CARMONA When you go out there and throw strikes, no matter who you are, you're hard to beat. That's what he ...
ED EASLEY During that good stretch last year, he showed that he could keep the ball down and throw his off-spe...
JASON LARUE He saw the boat and immediately shut down the dam. He tried to throw him a life preserver, but the g...
CHIEF RYAN NICHOLS It's a lot of pitches to throw in 92 degree weather.
JEFF HALL He's a guy that possesses starter stuff. He can throw multiple pitches for strikes. We've had Fausto...
ERIC WEDGE
So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren't friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also we... LAUREN MYRACLE It had been a long time since I started a game, the middle of spring training when I threw like 60 p...
FERNANDO NIEVE He looked good. He mixed up his pitches. He got one fastball up, I think to a lefty. But he hadn't p...
BENGIE MOLINA That's a tough lineup, and you have to make pitches in good locations to get them out. I think he go...
MIKE SCIOSCIA But I've got to make some better pitches.
MATT MORRIS He had good control and he mixed his pitches well.
BRIAN DALLAS You have to pitch to him like he was a couple of years ago. He hits good pitches, he hits bad pitche...
JOHN PATTERSON Through five, I did exactly what I wanted to do with most of the pitches. In the sixth inning, just ...
SHAWN CHACON Our key is to make him throw pitches and get him out of there. He pitched himself out of a couple of...
RYAN KLESKO I think it is a product of having real good at-bats. He can handle a lot of different pitches and he...
CORY MEE For some reason, I knew he was going to throw it.
AJAY CALVIN Overall, I was happy with it. I made some good pitches when I had to, battled and didn't give into a...
BRANDON ERBE It felt good to get out there and throw strikes. My command was the key tonight. I was able to spot ...
CHRIS DENNIS He can throw to both sides of the plate with all his pitches. If there is a way to get a hitter out ...
DAVE DUNCAN
He was satisfied with the way he felt. He misguided a couple of pitches, but aside from that, he got... JOE TORRE It is very comforting for our pitchers to know that the pitches they throw for outs - they'll get ou...
ED MATHEY
Any way you slice it, he was outstanding. There were several times when there was some serious thump... TONY LA RUSSA The thing about Heath is that when he gets into some jams, that's when he's at his best. When he get...
JOE HUDAK We could tell he (Thompson) was getting tired in the seventh inning. He started to hang a few pitche...
GARY MCNAMARA He pitched good, not great. And if he doesn't give it up to Johnson, he pitches great.
CLIFF FLOYD [Maine] had three pitches he was throwing that he looked like he had confidence to throw in any coun...
JOHN OLERUD We had some good blocking ? we stayed on them and tried to get after them. We tried hard to make som...
ANTHONY EVANS The guys behind Kurt made some very good plays. I think early in the year, it's really important bec...
DAVE TREMBLEY I tried to throw more punches. He's an excellent counter puncher.
DAVARRYL WILLIAMSON I came out early and struggled a little bit with the walks. I just tried to concentrate and make goo...
EDDIE DEGERMAN Got bases loaded, Dmitri Young hit a fastball that made it 6-4. Everything was pretty much downhill ...
BRONSON ARROYO I threw some pretty good breaking balls, a lot of curveballs. I tried to throw a few more change ups...
DAN HAREN Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum c...
STEVE CLEVENGER With a guy like that, you've got to get him early. If he starts to feel comfortable and make his pit...
ALBERT PUJOLS We struggled at that [free throw shooting]. We've normally been a very good free throw shooting team...
GREGG HOLIFIELD He tried to force some things.
HERM EDWARDS The same way i could live when I didnt know you, I can live without you after letting you go, But th...
DALEEN IRSHAID I'm throwing the same pitches. I'm just trying to be a smarter pitcher this year. Learn from my mist...
JENNA HOWARD I think he had some issues he was fighting and he tried to fight them alone.
DAVID MCKAY I was trying to mix it up and make good pitches. I didn't make good pitches. Even the inning before ...
GLENDON RUSCH Those were some of the best pitches he threw all night. Matt just has to realize Todd's pretty good....
MIKE MATHENY I was kind of surprised, even over 70-80 pitches, still I felt good. I gave up hits on the off speed...
CHAN HO PARK We had three very good pitches for the series against England (last month) and I believe good pitche...
BOB WOOLMER He's throwing three pitches instead of four pitches, but how he's throwing those three pitches isn't...
JASON VARITEK John is a very composed pitcher who loves to have the ball in pressure situations. He enjoys competi...
LEE MEYER He pitched exceptional. He matched an All-American pitcher, pitch for pitch. He made good pitches wh...
REX PETERS I was just battling out there. I thought I threw some good pitches and the balls just kept [finding]...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ He had some really sharp pitches. He was just a little bit up on occasion. He made some really nice ...
JOE MADDON
The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, fil... BILL HADER
But [Pooh] couldn't sleep. The more he tried to sleep the more he couldn't. He tried counting Sheep,... A.A. MILNE It felt real good. I just tried to stay within myself out there. I didn't want to go overboard, just...
A.J. BURNETT They are a good hitting team, no doubt about it. I thought Ryan had some of his pitches up today ear...
TROY SCHAEFER Kyle's got to be it. You take a rookie fourth-round pick and just throw him in. He made plays when h...
OLIN KREUTZ The Cubs take a good approach and they've got something on me that I keep doing -- whether it's offs...
MATT MORRIS I kept looking for Hilliard to throw his curve, but he kept throwing me fastballs. So I kept taking ...
JUSTIN LANE What he does is throw strikes and mix his pitches up. That's what he does well. Any pitcher that thr...
BENGIE MOLINA
I felt pretty good. I made some really good pitches. I think I officially had the tightest [strike] ... TIM HUDSON He did a very good job here with his pitches. He knew he had to hit the corners, didn't get many pit...
BENGIE MOLINA Patrick didn't have his best stuff. He fought for us, but he didn't have his best stuff. They put a ...
COREY LEWIS I think he will. He usually bounces back pretty good. The thing I like about him is when he does mak...
BRAD HOOVER
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