He came in and helped Band-Aid things together and put himself in a good position for what might happen later on down the road. He built his confidence up. He pitched a lot better than he did last spring. He hit his spots, threw all his pitches for strikes and got the ball down.
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Related 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 He did a real good job. He did contain himself and settled down and pitched well. He used his breaki... CECIL COOPER He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitch... RICK ANDERSON Byrd threw good today. He had a lot of strikes and his command was better than it had been in his la... JOEL SKINNER He hits his spots all game. He kept us off-balance because he had a good 12-6 curveball and a slider... MATT BOWMAN He kept the ball down, and when he elevated his pitches, he intended to. His last four or five outin... MIKE HARGROVE He threw the ball well and freely, but he was up with his pitches. He hung a slider. That's going to... FRANK ROBINSON He did his part in all ways. He pitched great, he made some great fielding plays, he stole a base, h... DUSTY BAKER It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, thro... BRAD ARNSBERG He throws four pitches for strikes, he keeps the ball down, gets a lot of ground balls and he's a st... DAVE DUNCAN That guy pitched a great game. He was on all night, throwing all his pitches for strikes. DERIN MCMAINS That was his best outing. He threw four pitches for strikes and he pounded the strike zone. JIM TRACY He pitched well. R.A. had good command, and he threw 14 out of 21 first pitch strikes. That's impres... BUCK SHOWALTER He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitch... BRAD AUSMUS He had some really sharp pitches. He was just a little bit up on occasion. He made some really nice ... JOE MADDON He threw the ball well. He was able to use all his pitches, his slider, his changeup and his fastbal... BILL EVERS Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked ... BOB THOMAS He hit his spots really well. He got ahead of the batters. I think that's probably the biggest thing... BRUNO PAPPASERGI 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 We had him on the hook in the first inning, and then he got that lead and then he started mixing his... DUSTY BAKER It helped him to go to the minors. He went down, worked on his game and got his confidence. In his r... BRENDAN WITT I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ... JASON BRANDT He went up for a ball and came down awkwardly on his ankle, badly straining ligaments, RONNIE MCFALL Kline threw the ball over the plate (54 strikes out of 78 pitches) and made them hit it. He kept it ... BOB THOMAS He threw the ball good today. I remember facing him when he was in Toronto. He's a competitor. He th... DAMIAN MILLER He was hitting his spots real well and executing his pitches real nicely. I thought he had a great o... CRAIG GENTRY He threw well. He was hitting his spots. He got us five innings and then Kevin (McDonnell) and Tyler... LYLE WESNESKI He usually throws strikes, so when he threw only one strike in his four pitches something was off. T... MIKE GETKIN He pitched his butt off for Cleveland down the stretch last year. JON DANIELS He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h... JAY SUTTON He had a rough inning the other day against Morris, and I wanted to get him back out there as soon a... JEFF PETROVIC Brandon really pitched well all game. That first inning his defensive just didn't help him out. That... COSTA AGUILAR He was real consistent down the stretch last year, and he's carried it over to this year. He was fig... BLAISE ILSLEY His our number one. He came in with people on base and threw strikes and that's what we needed. CRAIG BEESLEY He absolutely stepped up today. They have good hitters in their lineup and he hit his spots. CHRIS HENDERSON Rob was pretty dominating on the mound. All his pitches were strikes and he did everything we could ... RYAN HUNTER J.J has pitched well. He got a bit excited when he got two strikes on Newhan and he started to overt... MIKE HARGROVE He took off his diaper himself and we told him to put it in the trash. And he did, he picked it up a... JEFF LARSON His pitches had gotten up and certainly we did not want him to extend any further than he had extend... LLOYD MCCLENDON He didn't have command of his pitches like in other games, but he battled and pitched well in tough ... JOE HUGHES He has stepped up for us all year. For a kid that played sparingly last year to step in and take car... DAVE MACARTHUR So far his breaking ball is better than last year. He's also throwing his change with confidence. He... ADAM MELHUSE He is actually doing the right thing for himself because he is preserving himself in power, and he p... GEORGE SOROS He strikes out people with his movement. Obviously, the ball was dancing. He mixed in some other pit... DOUG MIRABELLI Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ... SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota... FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE I like to find old things and I picked up that arrowhead in tears, that broken point ... LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more... FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ... FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa... HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re... HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin... HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act. HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods. HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ... HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties. HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university. HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have... HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI It's mostly concentration, being consistent every day with his early work and preparing himself for ... PATRICK ANDERSON Hilton really came into his own this year and I'm very happy for him. He got a lot bigger, a lot qui... JASON FRASER He fought his control early in the game, then settled down and pitched better as the game went on. JEREMY GRIFFITH (Lackey) wasn't as sharp as we've seen him, ... He threw a lot of pitches early, and then he settled... MIKE SCIOSCIA He hasn't pitched in a week and I wanted to get him as much work as I could before spring break. He ... JAY HARPER He prepared us well. He let us figure out how to win by ourselves. He did his role perfectly just to... DAN OZIMINSKI When he cuts down on his swing, and doesn't try to swing too hard, he puts good passes on the ball. ... BILL ROBINSON I mean it was right down the middle, a fastball. I'm sure he was waiting on it and he got his pitch ... JASON CHILDERS It's remarkable how aware he is of things that go on around him. He hasn't made mistakes in his life... DARREN PANG He got out of a big jam when he got Hilliard. The bottom line is he hit his spots and let the defens... CHRIS ADAMS We played him at the point (guard position), which is not his natural position. But he led us in ass... DAVE MACDONALD (Ferguson) did a good job. He kept us off balance all day. That's how that kid throws. He mixes up h... BOOMER WALKER His fastball was very dominant tonight, and he had great control of all of his pitches. He threw a g... AARON MISASI He's got bigger and better things to plan for, like college and his career. I don't want to say he q... BRENT COLEMAN Josh battled out there for his first game. We kept him at 70 pitches. He didn't get in too much trou... TIM WILLIAMS Casey threw the ball really well, and had great command of his pitches. He was consistent for seven ... GREG KAATZ I thought Josh pitched well today, threw strikes for the most part. Of course, he hadn't thrown all ... BART MCATEE The first one I was real close. You've got to give Henry a lot of credit. He fought it all the way d... KEENAN MCCARDELL Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastbal... DALE CUTSFORTH We got down so quick, double digits it certainly doesn't make for a lot of enthusiasm when you are u... BOB MELVIN He was throwing free and easy, he wasn't struggling with getting his velocity up and basically pitch... VON HAYES We know they can hit the ball. Phillip (Watson) does a good job keeping you off balance. He actually... JOE CARUSO He was outstanding last year in the utility role. His fielding at short was very good. He played gre... BOBBY COX Great job on the mound. He got himself into a little bit of trouble a couple of times. In the early ... DEREK DOUGAN He spots the ball well and he throws his fastball kind of sneaky [fast]. It gets on you. It only say... JASON BAY Mark's definitely a dual threat. He's got very good accuracy and he has deceptive speed. He can pull... TIM BECK He felt weighted down by guilt and regret for what might have been his last words to all of them. KAREN ANN WIRTZ We're real happy with Kevin this spring. He's healthy, feels good, all his pitches are there, he has... BUCK SHOWALTER Chas did a heck of a job pitching. He had control of his pitches and was able to put the ball where ... DONNIE ENGLISH He keeps his pitch count down. He's able to hit his spots exactly where he needs to hit them. He's h... DOC WATSON Boy, he can run the ball down in center. He's got a lot of electricity in his game. CHAD EPPERSON Eaton is a good player and he creates his own shot better than anyone around, he's a great creator. ... MIKE CONNER During that good stretch last year, he showed that he could keep the ball down and throw his off-spe... JASON LARUE That doesn't surprise me because Shane's a good wrestler. He just finally got his grades together an... DAN KNIGHT If he passed Molitor and Rose and then challenged DiMaggio, I wouldn't be surprised. What's impressi... CHARLIE MANUEL The first couple of innings, he was struggling with his mechanics. He had trouble throwing strikes. ... MIKE HARGROVE When I came into the picture, Ben and his dad had had a lot of together time and did a lot of grown-... BRENDA ROETHLISBERGER
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That kind of stuff, the notoriety, the pomp and circumstance, I think he's aware of it, but he doesn... CLINT HURDLE He played short catch yesterday and long toss today. We'll try to get him up on a slope and throw to... CLINT HURDLE He'll take infield [on Wednesday] and if he still feels good after that, he'll go ahead and catch a ... CLINT HURDLE I still envision that duck swimming on the pond, CLINT HURDLE The faces became very familiar at times. CLINT HURDLE He made them hit the ball on the ground with regularity. He made some good pitches. CLINT HURDLE The second year is when you expect a full recovery. CLINT HURDLE We're not looking to fiddle around too much, but they both have qualities that we can take advantage... CLINT HURDLE Spinning out of his delivery. Most of the times when he misses, it's (to his) arm side. CLINT HURDLE We've got different plans for Bonds. We're only going to pitch to him in innings that end in vowels. CLINT HURDLE I think we've talked about it all -- his humility, his work ethic. He has a unique passion for the g... CLINT HURDLE You have to like what you see. His humility. His work ethic. His passion for the game. . . . The bea... CLINT HURDLE He has hit everywhere he has ever been, so why shouldn't he hit here . . . . He is just a real good ... CLINT HURDLE We're starting to make some marks in the right direction on the road. The layout of the land behind ... CLINT HURDLE He's had a nice (hitting) streak. Has he been hotter? Yes, CLINT HURDLE That's not the way it is. I think it takes some pressure off of him. And it shows those guys what th... CLINT HURDLE It is something we have dealt with since Day 1. You can't recreate that environment. It's just the a... CLINT HURDLE Things we have talked about for three months, he has been able to put into play. He has had a challe... CLINT HURDLE It will be a good challenge for us. CLINT HURDLE We had our chances, but didn't come through. Now it's time to focus on the Reds. CLINT HURDLE He painted himself in a corner and fought his way out. That showed some pitch ability. One, some for... CLINT HURDLE I think the jury is still out on his bat. We'll work more with him and maybe see if there's a little... CLINT HURDLE We're not going to accept being OK. CLINT HURDLE He's not going to be invited back to be a part of the starting rotation. We have interest in bringin... CLINT HURDLE Kim was very efficient with his pitches. He's so confident right now. CLINT HURDLE He pitched without the fastball we've seen previous to this, CLINT HURDLE We got enough mileage out of our long ball tonight before the marine layer hit. That's the latest I'... CLINT HURDLE Those kind of games are signature games. You're lucky if you have one of them in your career. CLINT HURDLE I had a script but didn't need it. There's no chance for this to work unless his head and heart are ... CLINT HURDLE If you watch the game, you know why. He's the best defensive catcher we have had here. Defensively, ... CLINT HURDLE There was some hype [when Kim first came to the U.S.] and she showed us the reason for the hype. Tha... CLINT HURDLE You don't want to say it, ... but you're thinking, 'What if it's not healthy?' You're still going to... CLINT HURDLE If he's made a better play in his life in a baseball uniform, I'd like him to tell us about it. CLINT HURDLE That was the result of a lot of work the last three weeks, in which (Francis) analyzed what had been... CLINT HURDLE These are opportunities for growth. Everybody made a statement tonight that took the ball. CLINT HURDLE Offensively, he is finding his niche. I think he is well aware there is probably more there. Most of... CLINT HURDLE He's got skills, but I told him they weren't playing out. And if the skills he has don't play out he... CLINT HURDLE What would you do if you were manager, and you brought a man into the office and you challenged him ... CLINT HURDLE In Philadelphia, they said three-quarters of the world is covered by water and the other quarter is ... CLINT HURDLE I didn't put a lot of stock into the [scouting] reports, other than the fact they said he was a good... CLINT HURDLE What's unfortunate is the baggage the new players are carrying around. Of course, we acquire our sha... CLINT HURDLE We have always been big on guys on the bench being versatile. CLINT HURDLE It was kind of an oxymoron, me passing him in my Mitsubishi Montero. That used to tickle me. CLINT HURDLE I've got an accountability and responsibility to do whatever I can to help this team win a ballgame, CLINT HURDLE Those guys (the middle relief) have some good numbers on the back of their bubble gum cards. CLINT HURDLE If he throws 100 pitches, he's got to pitch five innings. CLINT HURDLE After he gave up that homer in the sixth, I think he had a little talk with himself. He just put the... CLINT HURDLE If he stays the course with it, obviously he'd be thrown into the mix. But again, time will tell. Le... CLINT HURDLE He is as good as any catcher I played with or had on my team. He has top-shelf skills defensively. CLINT HURDLE We were up there hacking like chefs at Benihana's the first three innings. CLINT HURDLE We've seen this guy before in a Pirate uniform. He's no-nonsense. He comes after people. He's not af... CLINT HURDLE Like a hot knife through butter. CLINT HURDLE Just giving him a rest, right in the middle of spring training. We just want to slow him down a litt... CLINT HURDLE His humility, his work ethic and he has a unique passion for the game. And he's going to be what, 21... CLINT HURDLE We're not looking to bring a large number of people up, and try to pinch-hit and then pinch-run, and... CLINT HURDLE We can definitely get used to (having Kim around), because while he's had his trials and tribulation... CLINT HURDLE That was vintage Coors Field. 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CLINT EASTWOOD I read every book there was on jazz, about the original players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden and all ... CLINT EASTWOOD We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has. CLINT EASTWOOD I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Inv... CLINT EASTWOOD Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match. CLINT EASTWOOD I don't like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four y... CLINT EASTWOOD If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you jus... CLINT EASTWOOD Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos... CLINT EASTWOOD I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't ... CLINT EASTWOOD It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's ... CLINT EASTWOOD The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice. CLINT EASTWOOD I've always been fascinated with the stealing of innocence. It's the most heinous crime, and... CLINT EASTWOOD The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of... CLINT EASTWOOD The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals. CLINT EASTWOOD I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they w... CLINT EASTWOOD I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after ... CLINT EASTWOOD What you put into life is what you get out of it. CLINT EASTWOOD I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If... CLINT EASTWOOD If you think it's going to rain, it will. CLINT EASTWOOD There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the... CLINT EASTWOOD There's so much I should say, so many things I should tell him, but in the end I tell him nothing. CLINT CATALYST Go ahead, make my day. CLINT EASTWOOD Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. CLINT EASTWOOD I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you thi... CLINT EASTWOOD You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk? CLINT EASTWOOD I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. CLINT EASTWOOD There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married aga... CLINT EASTWOOD I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama. CLINT EASTWOOD Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital puni... CLINT EASTWOOD My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War. 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CLINT EASTWOOD There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65. CLINT EASTWOOD I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there. CLINT EASTWOOD Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion no... CLINT EASTWOOD God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don't have to be Einstein, but Einste... CLINT EASTWOOD My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughes... CLINT EASTWOOD The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some poin... CLINT EASTWOOD In the Bay Area, there was a resurgence of Dixieland jazz in the '40s - there was the Frisco Jaz... CLINT EASTWOOD There is a lot of stuff now that is in bad taste, and I don't see the necessity for it all. We d... CLINT WALKER Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you're the mayor. The bad... CLINT EASTWOOD People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the ... CLINT EASTWOOD The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach. CLINT EASTWOOD Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both fi... CLINT EASTWOOD I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prej... CLINT EASTWOOD When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and se... CLINT EASTWOOD Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 'Clint, ... CLINT EASTWOOD I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick... CLINT EASTWOOD You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, an... CLINT EASTWOOD I was drafted during the Korean War. CLINT EASTWOOD 'Unforgiven' is probably an example of a script that I liked right away but thought, 'Th... CLINT EASTWOOD Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove - disapprove of their point of view. CLINT EASTWOOD I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. E... CLINT EASTWOOD Fate pulls you in different directions. CLINT EASTWOOD Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body beh... CLINT EASTWOOD It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's live... CLINT EASTWOOD Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both fi... CLINT EASTWOOD Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood. CLINT EASTWOOD I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him. CLINT EASTWOOD The other thing it does is allow him to keep the focus on Social Security in the waning days of this... CLINT STRETCH I mean, it takes a large entourage to put on a tour. You can't have 'em sittin' around. CLINT BLACK There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool... CLINT EASTWOOD The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the... CLINT EASTWOOD When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very a... CLINT EASTWOOD I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important informat... CLINT BLACK I use computers for email, staying current with my own website as well as finding important informat... CLINT BLACK My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending mo... CLINT EASTWOOD I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less governmen... CLINT EASTWOOD Somebody had fired a shot at the President, and I had to get myself between the shooter and the Pres... CLINT HILL I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanist... CLINT EASTWOOD I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. CLINT EASTWOOD I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captu... CLINT BLACK