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That's a real good start. He threw me the fastball and I just tried to get the head of the bat out a...
BRANDON PHILLIPS He threw a fastball and I got lucky. I think he hit my bat rather than me hitting the pitch.
ERIC MUNSON You can't plan on hitting the ball soft. He threw it soft, so I hit it soft. They were catching the ...
EMIL BROWN He had a rough inning the other day against Morris, and I wanted to get him back out there as soon a...
JEFF PETROVIC 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 He probably threw the ball as hard as anyone. He was pretty hard to hit.
LEE BUSSEY I was trying to hit the ball hard somewhere. He threw me a ball that I could handle and I hit it har...
VINNY CASTILLA He throws hard, the ball moves everywhere. He threw a hard slider. He's tough to hit.
TODD HELTON The people he needs the most in his life were taken away from him. I mean he's been through so much....
CARRIE CROWELL If I threw him 15 balls, he hit 14 of them solid. He was right on.
DAVE PETROSKY I made sure he was asleep. I got the bat, and I hit him over the head. I hit him once and I heard hi...
DEREK KING![]()
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. H...
PETE ROSE I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ...
JASON BRANDT He shut us down. He throws hard, probably in the mid- to upper 80s. He intimidated our kids a little...
LANCE BAKER Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, thr...
PEDRO MARTINEZ![]()
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. H...
PETE ROSE He went out and showed everybody. We were out there crying and giving each other hugs. I knew he had...
CHAD HEDRICK More kids mean a lot of competition. Kids who may not start one game might start the next game.
JAMES APICELLI I think Tommy is better than he ever was. I really mean that. He throws inside now and you just can'...
BOBBY COX I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION![]()
I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm a...
MICKEY MANTLE So he likes being mean to you. And you like that he likes bean mean to you.
And I like being me...
KRISTIN WALKER He has to learn to read defenses. That's hard for quarterbacks, and him coming out and this being hi...
NICK HARPER It was a little cutter, middle-in, and I had been looking for it, ... He threw it to me last time we...
JASON LANE When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to...
PRINCE FIELDER He was the difference in the game. He hit everything they threw at him. I'm really happy for Jeff.
DAN AVERY He was struggling more because we were playing him so much underneath. When we moved him out, he see...
RICH FALTER It was really exciting. To have the opportunity to play against your son and see him start and play ...
GREG MATTISON I thought we defended him pretty well, but he hit everything he shot ? 2-pointers, 3-pointers, and h...
ELDON HOY![]()
Hell,' Shane spit in disgust. 'I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.' He tossed her the bat...
RACHEL CAINE They hit every fastball he threw.
DANNY HALL![]()
I am crying, he thought, opening his eyes to stare through the soapy, stinging water. I feel like cr...
JOHN GREEN I was optimistic, because I saw how he touched them, how they were inspired by him and his success. ...
PETE MCDANIEL![]()
They say Brett Favre has an 'S' on underneath his jersey and he is going to go and be Superman every...
JOHN MADDEN He was so much like his dad. Not just physically, but temperament, too. He was never a mean horse, b...
GUS KOCH I don't know if we've lit him up but we've beaten him and that's all that matters. So even if there ...
DUSTY BAKER The fans are enthusiastic, so it's fun to come here and play well. The Cubs have hit me before, but ...
AARON HARANG![]()
She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she ...
MARKUS ZUSAK It was just amazing. It was a 3-2 count, waiting on the curveball but he threw me a fastball down th...
MICHAEL PITTS That nine hitter, he's not there because he can't hit. He's just there because they've got so many o...
DARRELL BUTLER We had five errors against Midland High and we just didn't hit very well. Plus they were hot because...
BYRON MYERS He always had the ability. He had some trouble adjusting to the high school level and playing agains...
MIKE ARONSON He's tried very hard. But everybody recognized that he was having to go up against people who both o...
ELISA MASSIMINO![]()
It is hard for anyone who discovers George Washington not to write about him, perhaps because he is ...
EDMUND MORGAN To be honest, I was scared because he had penetrated. Luckily, Kirk and I were both able to prevent ...
IVAN RADENOVIC Jeff came in and threw strikes. He competed. And he's versatile, too. He can start, he can relieve, ...
MIKE HARGROVE He was an asshole, so I hit him.
MERLE HAGGARD I threw a curve ball and I hung it and he (Buchanan) hit it right.
CHRIS BEAVER I was hurting on pitching with two pitchers missing so I threw Grant out there and he did great -- h...
CRAIG LAMBERT We were in the shotgun formation, ... He's played some quarterback for us here and there. We had him...
GREG BROOKS We like for him to start around the block and work his way out. That is what he did in the first hal...
JAY MELTON I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out...
DREW POMERANZ He had a little swelling starting there and that was a concern, but there wasn't anything he could s...
BUCK SHOWALTER Honestly, it was a mental thing with Cedric at the start of the season. He was healthy, but it took ...
BILLY HITE I think he still has the bug. ... But I suggested to him that he may start making so much money that...
BILL LOCKYER I think he still has the ...
BILL LOCKYER The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE That was the big hit. He (Price) throws so hard, I don't know if Belcher knows he hit a slider.
JIM WELLS He said they were very young. He said they were all freshmen, and I don't know if that is the case, ...
BOB TOMLINSON My favorite ever, I mean, Brett Favre, you have to have the jitters. Just watching him, you're in aw...
J.P. LOSMAN I know for me sometimes I may get a hand on him, but by him being shorter I may lose him because I'v...
KEN LUCAS I think he did a great job for us. He threw a lot of strikes and threw out of some key situations. H...
BOB BRUGLIO He would spook every time I threw something at him. It was driving me nuts and I couldn't sleep, kno...
GREG RUBIN It came down to who wanted it more. Good for Alex. I'm glad to see him go out there and beat kids wh...
DON EGGENBURG He wasn't very good and he had on African pants, so the kids were making fun of him and killing him....
CHRIS CHANEY I didn't say anything vulgar or swear at him. I just kept telling him he missed it. I didn't walk aw...
JAY PAYTON Whenever you're done reading the chapter," he held uo his hands like take your time, "we'll start th...
LEAH SPIEGEL We wouldn't rule him out as a DH because he can swing the bat.
MIKE SCIOSCIA He's such a good player. I don't know if he missed a shot today. He hit everything he threw up.
EDDIE BARNES Keith had it a little better than most kids here because he had two parents in the same household wh...
JEFF HILL And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed h...
BIBLE I'll tell you how hard he hits, ... It was the third play of the game last week against Winnipeg, an...
EDDIE DAVIS They hit him hard, but he doesn't let them get to his head. He takes it, and he's quiet about it. I ...
JOE DIAZ![]()
There were some people who hit your life so hard, they left a stain on your future.
JODI PICOULT I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama. He didn't win because he was black - peop...
ESTELLE FANTA SWARAY He had an effective removal order against him, he had a legal deportation order against him, there w...
JANIS FERGUSSON I didn't see a charge. He kind of turned just as Milan went to hit him. I thought it was a clean hit...
DON HAY![]()
We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want...
MEGAN SMITH I felt bad because of the kids and his family, but she was rarely there. He was really lonely. I mad...
REBECCA LOOS When he made his 50-yarder, we were looking at it and usually, when you kick you kick so hard that y...
GLEN WEST He was hit hard by the hurricane. He was retired and now he is working again because of this.
CAROL DUTTON He's played well all season. He's a tough kid and a great athlete. He shoots the ball well, plays go...
ANDY GAST It wasn't just that Hilliard was throwing hard, he was putting everything at the knees. If he stays ...
DALE BARNES You have to take your hat off to Kobe. Kobe hit some tough shots. We double-teamed him and I thought...
MIKE BROWN![]()
I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were w...
STEVE MARABOLI If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he ...
JACK HANDY We threw everything at Doran Mitchell. We tried very hard to stop him and he scored 32 points. There...
DUANE WITTER The hard part in going against him is against the run, ... He's so short he gets lost. I tend to los...
DONNIE EDWARDS He had blood all over him. The man stabbed him right there (pointing to her neck). It looked really ...
JANIE COE It was only his second start since July, and he had to fight hard. I'd have rather seen him not get ...
BARCLAY TAGG![]()
We had very good plans against him about where to place our fielders and how to bowl to him. We were...
HARBHAJAN SINGH So up came Gehrig. He was a sharp hitter. You could double him, too, now and then, if the ball was h...
CARL HUBBELL Just because he can't love you the way you want him to doesn't mean he does't love you with everythi...
ANNA TODD There were always fistfights. You would hear, 'He hit me,' constantly.
CABELL DAVIS If we start getting offense from him, we have a good player. And, again, he's hitting ninth so he do...
TERRY FRANCONA He does not want to go back there next year because he feels he would not be treated the same as bef...
KATHY KELLY We weren't sure if he caught it just before he hit or as he hit. After he hit the ground, we were gl...
MIKE HARGROVE He had just one arm, and there were all kinds of legends that he was fighting a guy and when he coul...
JACKIE BERRY![]()
The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN His work ethic is one of his stronger points. He has a lot of offensive ability, a short stroke that...
GREG HUNTER
BRANDON PHILLIPS He threw a fastball and I got lucky. I think he hit my bat rather than me hitting the pitch.
ERIC MUNSON You can't plan on hitting the ball soft. He threw it soft, so I hit it soft. They were catching the ...
EMIL BROWN He had a rough inning the other day against Morris, and I wanted to get him back out there as soon a...
JEFF PETROVIC 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 He probably threw the ball as hard as anyone. He was pretty hard to hit.
LEE BUSSEY I was trying to hit the ball hard somewhere. He threw me a ball that I could handle and I hit it har...
VINNY CASTILLA He throws hard, the ball moves everywhere. He threw a hard slider. He's tough to hit.
TODD HELTON The people he needs the most in his life were taken away from him. I mean he's been through so much....
CARRIE CROWELL If I threw him 15 balls, he hit 14 of them solid. He was right on.
DAVE PETROSKY I made sure he was asleep. I got the bat, and I hit him over the head. I hit him once and I heard hi...
DEREK KING
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. H... PETE ROSE I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ...
JASON BRANDT He shut us down. He throws hard, probably in the mid- to upper 80s. He intimidated our kids a little...
LANCE BAKER Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, thr...
PEDRO MARTINEZ
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. H... PETE ROSE He went out and showed everybody. We were out there crying and giving each other hugs. I knew he had...
CHAD HEDRICK More kids mean a lot of competition. Kids who may not start one game might start the next game.
JAMES APICELLI I think Tommy is better than he ever was. I really mean that. He throws inside now and you just can'...
BOBBY COX I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION
I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm a... MICKEY MANTLE So he likes being mean to you. And you like that he likes bean mean to you.
And I like being me...
KRISTIN WALKER He has to learn to read defenses. That's hard for quarterbacks, and him coming out and this being hi...
NICK HARPER It was a little cutter, middle-in, and I had been looking for it, ... He threw it to me last time we...
JASON LANE When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to...
PRINCE FIELDER He was the difference in the game. He hit everything they threw at him. I'm really happy for Jeff.
DAN AVERY He was struggling more because we were playing him so much underneath. When we moved him out, he see...
RICH FALTER It was really exciting. To have the opportunity to play against your son and see him start and play ...
GREG MATTISON I thought we defended him pretty well, but he hit everything he shot ? 2-pointers, 3-pointers, and h...
ELDON HOY
Hell,' Shane spit in disgust. 'I can't hit a girl. Here, Claire. You hit her.' He tossed her the bat... RACHEL CAINE They hit every fastball he threw.
DANNY HALL
I am crying, he thought, opening his eyes to stare through the soapy, stinging water. I feel like cr... JOHN GREEN I was optimistic, because I saw how he touched them, how they were inspired by him and his success. ...
PETE MCDANIEL
They say Brett Favre has an 'S' on underneath his jersey and he is going to go and be Superman every... JOHN MADDEN He was so much like his dad. Not just physically, but temperament, too. He was never a mean horse, b...
GUS KOCH I don't know if we've lit him up but we've beaten him and that's all that matters. So even if there ...
DUSTY BAKER The fans are enthusiastic, so it's fun to come here and play well. The Cubs have hit me before, but ...
AARON HARANG
She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she ... MARKUS ZUSAK It was just amazing. It was a 3-2 count, waiting on the curveball but he threw me a fastball down th...
MICHAEL PITTS That nine hitter, he's not there because he can't hit. He's just there because they've got so many o...
DARRELL BUTLER We had five errors against Midland High and we just didn't hit very well. Plus they were hot because...
BYRON MYERS He always had the ability. He had some trouble adjusting to the high school level and playing agains...
MIKE ARONSON He's tried very hard. But everybody recognized that he was having to go up against people who both o...
ELISA MASSIMINO
It is hard for anyone who discovers George Washington not to write about him, perhaps because he is ... EDMUND MORGAN To be honest, I was scared because he had penetrated. Luckily, Kirk and I were both able to prevent ...
IVAN RADENOVIC Jeff came in and threw strikes. He competed. And he's versatile, too. He can start, he can relieve, ...
MIKE HARGROVE He was an asshole, so I hit him.
MERLE HAGGARD I threw a curve ball and I hung it and he (Buchanan) hit it right.
CHRIS BEAVER I was hurting on pitching with two pitchers missing so I threw Grant out there and he did great -- h...
CRAIG LAMBERT We were in the shotgun formation, ... He's played some quarterback for us here and there. We had him...
GREG BROOKS We like for him to start around the block and work his way out. That is what he did in the first hal...
JAY MELTON I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out...
DREW POMERANZ He had a little swelling starting there and that was a concern, but there wasn't anything he could s...
BUCK SHOWALTER Honestly, it was a mental thing with Cedric at the start of the season. He was healthy, but it took ...
BILLY HITE I think he still has the bug. ... But I suggested to him that he may start making so much money that...
BILL LOCKYER I think he still has the ...
BILL LOCKYER The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE That was the big hit. He (Price) throws so hard, I don't know if Belcher knows he hit a slider.
JIM WELLS He said they were very young. He said they were all freshmen, and I don't know if that is the case, ...
BOB TOMLINSON My favorite ever, I mean, Brett Favre, you have to have the jitters. Just watching him, you're in aw...
J.P. LOSMAN I know for me sometimes I may get a hand on him, but by him being shorter I may lose him because I'v...
KEN LUCAS I think he did a great job for us. He threw a lot of strikes and threw out of some key situations. H...
BOB BRUGLIO He would spook every time I threw something at him. It was driving me nuts and I couldn't sleep, kno...
GREG RUBIN It came down to who wanted it more. Good for Alex. I'm glad to see him go out there and beat kids wh...
DON EGGENBURG He wasn't very good and he had on African pants, so the kids were making fun of him and killing him....
CHRIS CHANEY I didn't say anything vulgar or swear at him. I just kept telling him he missed it. I didn't walk aw...
JAY PAYTON Whenever you're done reading the chapter," he held uo his hands like take your time, "we'll start th...
LEAH SPIEGEL We wouldn't rule him out as a DH because he can swing the bat.
MIKE SCIOSCIA He's such a good player. I don't know if he missed a shot today. He hit everything he threw up.
EDDIE BARNES Keith had it a little better than most kids here because he had two parents in the same household wh...
JEFF HILL And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed h...
BIBLE I'll tell you how hard he hits, ... It was the third play of the game last week against Winnipeg, an...
EDDIE DAVIS They hit him hard, but he doesn't let them get to his head. He takes it, and he's quiet about it. I ...
JOE DIAZ
There were some people who hit your life so hard, they left a stain on your future. JODI PICOULT I'm so, so full of joy that America elected Obama. He didn't win because he was black - peop...
ESTELLE FANTA SWARAY He had an effective removal order against him, he had a legal deportation order against him, there w...
JANIS FERGUSSON I didn't see a charge. He kind of turned just as Milan went to hit him. I thought it was a clean hit...
DON HAY
We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want... MEGAN SMITH I felt bad because of the kids and his family, but she was rarely there. He was really lonely. I mad...
REBECCA LOOS When he made his 50-yarder, we were looking at it and usually, when you kick you kick so hard that y...
GLEN WEST He was hit hard by the hurricane. He was retired and now he is working again because of this.
CAROL DUTTON He's played well all season. He's a tough kid and a great athlete. He shoots the ball well, plays go...
ANDY GAST It wasn't just that Hilliard was throwing hard, he was putting everything at the knees. If he stays ...
DALE BARNES You have to take your hat off to Kobe. Kobe hit some tough shots. We double-teamed him and I thought...
MIKE BROWN
I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were w... STEVE MARABOLI If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he ...
JACK HANDY We threw everything at Doran Mitchell. We tried very hard to stop him and he scored 32 points. There...
DUANE WITTER The hard part in going against him is against the run, ... He's so short he gets lost. I tend to los...
DONNIE EDWARDS He had blood all over him. The man stabbed him right there (pointing to her neck). It looked really ...
JANIE COE It was only his second start since July, and he had to fight hard. I'd have rather seen him not get ...
BARCLAY TAGG
We had very good plans against him about where to place our fielders and how to bowl to him. We were... HARBHAJAN SINGH So up came Gehrig. He was a sharp hitter. You could double him, too, now and then, if the ball was h...
CARL HUBBELL Just because he can't love you the way you want him to doesn't mean he does't love you with everythi...
ANNA TODD There were always fistfights. You would hear, 'He hit me,' constantly.
CABELL DAVIS If we start getting offense from him, we have a good player. And, again, he's hitting ninth so he do...
TERRY FRANCONA He does not want to go back there next year because he feels he would not be treated the same as bef...
KATHY KELLY We weren't sure if he caught it just before he hit or as he hit. After he hit the ground, we were gl...
MIKE HARGROVE He had just one arm, and there were all kinds of legends that he was fighting a guy and when he coul...
JACKIE BERRY
The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN His work ethic is one of his stronger points. He has a lot of offensive ability, a short stroke that...
GREG HUNTER
Every game I've ever played, regardless if it was pre-season or Super Bowl, meant the same to me... 
It gets to be part of your everyday routine. I expect to be there on Sunday. I expect to be there at... 
Not an inch of our territory not a stone of our fortress. 
Yeah, maybe if we make that extra point we go into overtime ... But if I make that last throw, that'... 