123 Quotes About Fastball

They've got some guys who throw pretty hard. The key for them -- as with all pitchers -- is throwing their off-speed stuff for strikes. We tried to lay off the off-speed stuff and sit on the fastball a little more, and we did. Overall, we hit the ball hard. We hit the ball hard the first four innings but just right at people.

Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastball hitting club, and Marcus was able to throw his off-speed pitches for strikes.

It could help, because I can work even more on my spins. If you're just a fastball pitcher, it's going to hurt you.

The guys in front of me got the job done and because of that, I got a fastball to hit.

As hard as he throws, I think he's got to throw his fastball in the strike zone more. Then he can pitch off his fastball. Every successful pitcher in this game pitches off the fastball.

Not too bad, huh? I just guessed fastball and threw my hands at it and it just happened to go.

He threw a fastball down the middle, and I think I can hit that. I hit it pretty good.

His fastball location the first two innings was not there, and that was forcing him to make too many pitches.

I know him, ... He throws a fastball away and then he comes in with a slider. I was ready for a slider, and he hung one.