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Sam was throwing fastballs up in the zone, so they were hitting fastballs all over the place.
TAMMY OLSON It seems like those games when you're throwing fastballs, they go faster. It's easier.
BRAD LABRUYERE I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers ...
ZACK GREINKE I kept looking for Hilliard to throw his curve, but he kept throwing me fastballs. So I kept taking ...
JUSTIN LANE They foul off a lot of his fastballs. That was a lucky bad hop for them.
DUSTY BAKER I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be...
HORACIO RAMIREZ I could throw fastballs. That's the reason I could become a major leaguer. But the reason I did well...
CHAN HO PARK The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.
BRUCE SUTTER Same thing they did in the regular season. Fastballs, change-ups, he's just not swinging good.
ALFREDO GRIFFIN When you go from facing 84 - 86 mph fastballs in Florida, to guys, to put it nicely, throwing slow, ...
MATT ADAMS I got it done today. I really didn't have my 'A' game. ... I really didn't feel like I had good zip ...
CLIFF LEE Early, he was topping out about 84 (mph), throwing BP fastballs. Obviously you can't keep pitching d...
ROYCE CLAYTON That helps a lot. You can take a deep breath and throw more fastballs because you've got a good cush...
JAKE RENSHAW I didn't want to feed him fastballs. I threw him some breaking balls off the plate.
BRONSON ARROYO It was really a beautiful effort. Eric was mixing in 90 mile per hour fastballs with a 70 mile per h...
BOB RIPLEY I felt good, though. I threw mostly fastballs. I didn't like getting hit around. Nobody likes that. ...
C.C. SABATHIA![]()
I made a few mistakes, but location-wise I was pretty good with the fastball. I was trying to work a...
BRANDON WEBB There's no need to run around crazy. It's like pitchers. The first couple of weeks they're throwing ...
JIMMY ROLLINS He was collapsing his backside a little. It's something he has had to deal with before, and he threw...
RICH DUBEE [Robinson] is a great threat on the bases. I get a lot of fastballs, which has helped me a lot.
JACK RYE It's nice pitching with a lead like that. Once we got in front, I probably threw 80 to 90 percent fa...
GUIDO KNUDSON I was suckered into it. I was the one willing to try it. Mechanics? I didn't know what they were. I ...
JESSE FOPPERT![]()
Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone...
REGGIE JACKSON When you pinch-hit like that, you gotta be aggressive. There were a couple of up-and-in fastballs th...
FELIPE ALOU I'm a player of the Mets. Facing Billy ... he's such a hard thrower. I was looking for a slider, but...
CARLOS BELTRAN I need to get my slider back. You can't throw fastballs and a change and get these guys out. They ar...
BRANDON BATES Moving it back has really helped because it gives me more time. Because the strong pitchers just thr...
DANI CARON I never thought I could do this. Who knew I could do this? Not me. I just go after the hitters and t...
CHAD CORDERO One thing we have to do better is swing at good pitches early. We took too many first-pitch fastball...
SCOOTER DUNN I'm just getting more comfortable all the time. I'm trying to find the strike zone more with my offs...
JOE BLANTON You have to tip your hat to him. He did pitch a nice game. He mixed everything up and threw a few mo...
BOB MELVIN He hit good pitches. I can't even say much about it. He didn't even roll over on me. He just got und...
BRANDON BACKE![]()
That's the way I pitched all last year, using the off-speed to set it up a little bit more. I felt l...
JUSTIN VERLANDER In high school, if I got down in the count 2-0, I could throw three straight fastballs to strike a b...
ANDREW GROVES![]()
Hancock and Brad both, in fastball counts they threw fastballs, which is OK as long as you have some...
TONY LA RUSSA We worked on some very small things. We just went back to basics, worked on getting the ball down, b...
DARREN BALSLEY (Hitters) know when guys are really cheesing it up there in the 98s, 97s, they know that, so they kn...
BRAD ARNSBERG He threw a lot of fastballs and just put them right where he wanted them. It's a perfect example of ...
JEFF CONINE I'm looking to go up and away, and I go up and it's right down the middle. You can't leave belt-high...
AARON SHAFER![]()
I know what you're thinking, punk. He just threw three straight split-fingered fastballs at the knee...
CLINT EASTWOOD I'm seeing a lot of good pitches right now, a lot of good fastballs. It's so much easier when you co...
JODY BLOUNT![]()
We want to play a really physical style ball, and so, for us tackling, we know we are shoulder-based...
DAN QUINN I have to go with the approach I had in Triple-A. I need to take a lot of those fastballs I am seein...
ANTHONY RIZZO [Rivera threw Damon 10 pitches, all of them cut fastballs with the intent of breaking in toward the ...
MARIANO RIVERA [Both came on fastballs, the pitch Cordero has ridden to a franchise-record 44 saves.] All the guys ...
CHAD CORDERO When you're hitting everybody's more relaxed and everything comes a little more natural. We're getti...
BRIAN BREWER I've been seeing the ball real well and they threw a lot of fastballs so I just sat back and waited....
JAKE SMITH 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 We just tried to wait him out until he made some mistakes. In the seventh inning, he made a few [mis...
BILL HALL We just tried to wait him out until he made some mistakes. In the seventh inning, he made a few and ...
BILL HALL Stuff-wise, that's as good as it gets in this league, ... The combination of him and Brad Ausmus beh...
JIM EDMONDS We were calling pitches to pitch around Ovens, but the pitchers weren't pitching it. It's that simpl...
DAVE MOATES Offensively, I think we're going to have a little bit more punch than we've had in the past. We're g...
BARRY HATFIELD I was feeling good. It was a good night.
BETHANY KOCH It's wonderful. That's the only thing I can say.
AKINORI OTSUKA I always thought the best players in the world were in the major leagues. This tournament shows that...
AKINORI OTSUKA This time, as a country, we couldn't lose it. The United States lost and we got a really good chance...
AKINORI OTSUKA I stopped by Rangers camp for just two days and only pitched one of those days. I have not faced any...
AKINORI OTSUKA It's important to establish communication with my new teammates.
AKINORI OTSUKA I couldn't get a grip and hooked it a little too much.
AKINORI OTSUKA I was a little nervous coming into a tie game. I knew it was my job to get three outs, keep the game...
AKINORI OTSUKA I'm always excited, ... Pitching in the eighth inning, in games like this, it can't get any better t...
AKINORI OTSUKA [In that situation] I have to hit my spots and not throw it over the plate, ... If I just keep it do...
AKINORI OTSUKA Striking out two hitters like that, and helping us win the game, brings a lot of confidence.
AKINORI OTSUKA Manager Oh is the one who invited me to be on the team. So it means a lot to me personally to win fo...
AKINORI OTSUKA Doesn't matter. He will get better. He will finish the season at .300-something. Ichiro is a genius.
AKINORI OTSUKA I felt real good and thought I could get three more outs, ... I have been feeling good the last five...
BEN SHEETS But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER![]()
What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw!
DEYTH BANGER I have the feeling that I was born in Vienna in order to live in Paris.
ROMY SCHNEIDER![]()
It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
DOLLY PARTON I felt really good. Everything was on. I was throwing strikes. I was putting the ball where I wanted...
JOEL ZUMAYA It felt good. I was a little nervous coming back from my injury but it was nice to get back out ther...
SARAH STEELE He was doing a good job of recognizing it. He was throwing it out there and they were making plays.
BOBBY CARPENTER It was an overall good feeling, a good buzz throughout,
MICHAEL BROOME I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON![]()
I was born in a blender.
LORNA LUFT![]()
I was born 'neath a clouded star.
JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead.
GEORGETTE MOSBACHER![]()
I was born to be funny.
BUDDY HACKETT![]()
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.
ERIC ALLIN CORNELL I knew it was good. I had the adrenaline going and I was feeling it. I didn't hesitate.
ANTAWN JAMISON It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of th...
CONAN O'BRIEN Going into the match I didn't know he was so good at throwing.
KYLE AVERY But I feel good about the way I played tonight. I was moving well and feeling healthy so it was all ...
ANDRE AGASSI I tested it with throwing it pretty hard, and throwing a lot of pitches. I felt good. I think (Frida...
BRANDON BACKE It seemed like Barry was throwing harder. And easy, not like max effort. The location was good, the ...
ADAM MELHUSE The biggest thing that concerned me with the injury was the throwing, and I was able to get out ther...
JOE CREDE I was on the top step. I had a good feeling.
CHASE UTLEY I was feeling good tonight. I had an open shot and I took it.
JUSTIN WILLIAMS It was awful. I had a high fever and I was throwing up. Terrible. I felt just terrible.
CHRIS LEAK The first inning, I felt real sick. I went straight from throwing up to the mound. I was tired, thro...
JASON BERKEN You could see how nervous I was on that shot. After that, I got it out of my system, and I was feeli...
FRANCISCO GARCIA It was like I was throwing watermelons up there, and they were Gallagher .
BRANDON CLAUSSEN![]()
I was born in August, no July, 1908.
SATCHEL PAIGE![]()
I was born in the technology era.
MALUMA I was born with an evil face.
BARRY SLOANE I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
DAN FUTTERMAN I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.
LINCOLN CHAFEE![]()
By ancestry, I was born to rule.
NELSON MANDELA
TAMMY OLSON It seems like those games when you're throwing fastballs, they go faster. It's easier.
BRAD LABRUYERE I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers ...
ZACK GREINKE I kept looking for Hilliard to throw his curve, but he kept throwing me fastballs. So I kept taking ...
JUSTIN LANE They foul off a lot of his fastballs. That was a lucky bad hop for them.
DUSTY BAKER I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be...
HORACIO RAMIREZ I could throw fastballs. That's the reason I could become a major leaguer. But the reason I did well...
CHAN HO PARK The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.
BRUCE SUTTER Same thing they did in the regular season. Fastballs, change-ups, he's just not swinging good.
ALFREDO GRIFFIN When you go from facing 84 - 86 mph fastballs in Florida, to guys, to put it nicely, throwing slow, ...
MATT ADAMS I got it done today. I really didn't have my 'A' game. ... I really didn't feel like I had good zip ...
CLIFF LEE Early, he was topping out about 84 (mph), throwing BP fastballs. Obviously you can't keep pitching d...
ROYCE CLAYTON That helps a lot. You can take a deep breath and throw more fastballs because you've got a good cush...
JAKE RENSHAW I didn't want to feed him fastballs. I threw him some breaking balls off the plate.
BRONSON ARROYO It was really a beautiful effort. Eric was mixing in 90 mile per hour fastballs with a 70 mile per h...
BOB RIPLEY I felt good, though. I threw mostly fastballs. I didn't like getting hit around. Nobody likes that. ...
C.C. SABATHIA
I made a few mistakes, but location-wise I was pretty good with the fastball. I was trying to work a... BRANDON WEBB There's no need to run around crazy. It's like pitchers. The first couple of weeks they're throwing ...
JIMMY ROLLINS He was collapsing his backside a little. It's something he has had to deal with before, and he threw...
RICH DUBEE [Robinson] is a great threat on the bases. I get a lot of fastballs, which has helped me a lot.
JACK RYE It's nice pitching with a lead like that. Once we got in front, I probably threw 80 to 90 percent fa...
GUIDO KNUDSON I was suckered into it. I was the one willing to try it. Mechanics? I didn't know what they were. I ...
JESSE FOPPERT
Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone... REGGIE JACKSON When you pinch-hit like that, you gotta be aggressive. There were a couple of up-and-in fastballs th...
FELIPE ALOU I'm a player of the Mets. Facing Billy ... he's such a hard thrower. I was looking for a slider, but...
CARLOS BELTRAN I need to get my slider back. You can't throw fastballs and a change and get these guys out. They ar...
BRANDON BATES Moving it back has really helped because it gives me more time. Because the strong pitchers just thr...
DANI CARON I never thought I could do this. Who knew I could do this? Not me. I just go after the hitters and t...
CHAD CORDERO One thing we have to do better is swing at good pitches early. We took too many first-pitch fastball...
SCOOTER DUNN I'm just getting more comfortable all the time. I'm trying to find the strike zone more with my offs...
JOE BLANTON You have to tip your hat to him. He did pitch a nice game. He mixed everything up and threw a few mo...
BOB MELVIN He hit good pitches. I can't even say much about it. He didn't even roll over on me. He just got und...
BRANDON BACKE
That's the way I pitched all last year, using the off-speed to set it up a little bit more. I felt l... JUSTIN VERLANDER In high school, if I got down in the count 2-0, I could throw three straight fastballs to strike a b...
ANDREW GROVES
Hancock and Brad both, in fastball counts they threw fastballs, which is OK as long as you have some... TONY LA RUSSA We worked on some very small things. We just went back to basics, worked on getting the ball down, b...
DARREN BALSLEY (Hitters) know when guys are really cheesing it up there in the 98s, 97s, they know that, so they kn...
BRAD ARNSBERG He threw a lot of fastballs and just put them right where he wanted them. It's a perfect example of ...
JEFF CONINE I'm looking to go up and away, and I go up and it's right down the middle. You can't leave belt-high...
AARON SHAFER
I know what you're thinking, punk. He just threw three straight split-fingered fastballs at the knee... CLINT EASTWOOD I'm seeing a lot of good pitches right now, a lot of good fastballs. It's so much easier when you co...
JODY BLOUNT
We want to play a really physical style ball, and so, for us tackling, we know we are shoulder-based... DAN QUINN I have to go with the approach I had in Triple-A. I need to take a lot of those fastballs I am seein...
ANTHONY RIZZO [Rivera threw Damon 10 pitches, all of them cut fastballs with the intent of breaking in toward the ...
MARIANO RIVERA [Both came on fastballs, the pitch Cordero has ridden to a franchise-record 44 saves.] All the guys ...
CHAD CORDERO When you're hitting everybody's more relaxed and everything comes a little more natural. We're getti...
BRIAN BREWER I've been seeing the ball real well and they threw a lot of fastballs so I just sat back and waited....
JAKE SMITH 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 We just tried to wait him out until he made some mistakes. In the seventh inning, he made a few [mis...
BILL HALL We just tried to wait him out until he made some mistakes. In the seventh inning, he made a few and ...
BILL HALL Stuff-wise, that's as good as it gets in this league, ... The combination of him and Brad Ausmus beh...
JIM EDMONDS We were calling pitches to pitch around Ovens, but the pitchers weren't pitching it. It's that simpl...
DAVE MOATES Offensively, I think we're going to have a little bit more punch than we've had in the past. We're g...
BARRY HATFIELD I was feeling good. It was a good night.
BETHANY KOCH It's wonderful. That's the only thing I can say.
AKINORI OTSUKA I always thought the best players in the world were in the major leagues. This tournament shows that...
AKINORI OTSUKA This time, as a country, we couldn't lose it. The United States lost and we got a really good chance...
AKINORI OTSUKA I stopped by Rangers camp for just two days and only pitched one of those days. I have not faced any...
AKINORI OTSUKA It's important to establish communication with my new teammates.
AKINORI OTSUKA I couldn't get a grip and hooked it a little too much.
AKINORI OTSUKA I was a little nervous coming into a tie game. I knew it was my job to get three outs, keep the game...
AKINORI OTSUKA I'm always excited, ... Pitching in the eighth inning, in games like this, it can't get any better t...
AKINORI OTSUKA [In that situation] I have to hit my spots and not throw it over the plate, ... If I just keep it do...
AKINORI OTSUKA Striking out two hitters like that, and helping us win the game, brings a lot of confidence.
AKINORI OTSUKA Manager Oh is the one who invited me to be on the team. So it means a lot to me personally to win fo...
AKINORI OTSUKA Doesn't matter. He will get better. He will finish the season at .300-something. Ichiro is a genius.
AKINORI OTSUKA I felt real good and thought I could get three more outs, ... I have been feeling good the last five...
BEN SHEETS But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor...
SUE MILLER
What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw! DEYTH BANGER I have the feeling that I was born in Vienna in order to live in Paris.
ROMY SCHNEIDER
It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen. DOLLY PARTON I felt really good. Everything was on. I was throwing strikes. I was putting the ball where I wanted...
JOEL ZUMAYA It felt good. I was a little nervous coming back from my injury but it was nice to get back out ther...
SARAH STEELE He was doing a good job of recognizing it. He was throwing it out there and they were making plays.
BOBBY CARPENTER It was an overall good feeling, a good buzz throughout,
MICHAEL BROOME I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON
I was born in a blender. LORNA LUFT
I was born 'neath a clouded star. JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead.
GEORGETTE MOSBACHER
I was born to be funny. BUDDY HACKETT
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961. ERIC ALLIN CORNELL I knew it was good. I had the adrenaline going and I was feeling it. I didn't hesitate.
ANTAWN JAMISON It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of th...
CONAN O'BRIEN Going into the match I didn't know he was so good at throwing.
KYLE AVERY But I feel good about the way I played tonight. I was moving well and feeling healthy so it was all ...
ANDRE AGASSI I tested it with throwing it pretty hard, and throwing a lot of pitches. I felt good. I think (Frida...
BRANDON BACKE It seemed like Barry was throwing harder. And easy, not like max effort. The location was good, the ...
ADAM MELHUSE The biggest thing that concerned me with the injury was the throwing, and I was able to get out ther...
JOE CREDE I was on the top step. I had a good feeling.
CHASE UTLEY I was feeling good tonight. I had an open shot and I took it.
JUSTIN WILLIAMS It was awful. I had a high fever and I was throwing up. Terrible. I felt just terrible.
CHRIS LEAK The first inning, I felt real sick. I went straight from throwing up to the mound. I was tired, thro...
JASON BERKEN You could see how nervous I was on that shot. After that, I got it out of my system, and I was feeli...
FRANCISCO GARCIA It was like I was throwing watermelons up there, and they were Gallagher .
BRANDON CLAUSSEN
I was born in August, no July, 1908. SATCHEL PAIGE
I was born in the technology era. MALUMA I was born with an evil face.
BARRY SLOANE I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
DAN FUTTERMAN I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration.
LINCOLN CHAFEE
By ancestry, I was born to rule. NELSON MANDELA
