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It was a pretty good pitch. I think [Jones] was looking for it. How he hit that ball -- yeah, I shou...
FREDDY GARCIA [Maine] had three pitches he was throwing that he looked like he had confidence to throw in any coun...
JOHN OLERUD I immediately looked at Dale Sveum and forgot that he was my third base coach. He might have tipped ...
BRONSON ARROYO He was pretty impressive. He had a good fastball and curveball the first four innings. Then he found...
BOB SCHAEFER He fought off some tough pitches and fouled off some tough pitches. If he got a pitch to hit, I was ...
MIKE SCIOSCIA [His opponents have recognized his potential from first-hand experience.] He was pretty impressive, ...
BOB SCHAEFER He was really dominant. This was as good as I've seen him.
JIM SMITH He threw the ball good today. I remember facing him when he was in Toronto. He's a competitor. He th...
DAMIAN MILLER I was battling absolutely as hard as I could. A pitcher would rather have a rocket hit off him than ...
BRANDON INGE As he was going up to the plate, (his teammates) were telling him he'd get a chance to swing. The on...
CHARLIE WARNER At the beginning, I was getting a little bit panicked because he's definitely our number one (starte...
DOUG SANKEY Heath is a good pitcher. I've seen him pitch in all-star camps and this was not how he usually pitch...
JOEY SATO The first three games of the series were frustrating for me. I was missing some pitches that I norma...
BRAD ELDRED I couldn't have thrown him three worse pitches. All three were just terrible. He must have thought I...
ANDY PETTITTE He?s going to leave the park if he swings at good balls. He just hit through that pitch. It was alre...
CHARLIE MANUEL It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike a...
BRIAN LAWRENCE The girls hit the ball well and were patient at the plate. They swung at the pitches they could hit.
CRAIG LAUGER Going out there I think he was at 76 pitches. I told him he was one over 75, we'll take him up to 80...
AARON NIECKULA That guy can hit. He is as good as I have seen.
JOSH HERRING I felt as good as I have in a long time. When I was missing, I was missing down. The one pitch I lef...
BRIAN LAWRENCE You have to pitch to him like he was a couple of years ago. He hits good pitches, he hits bad pitche...
JOHN PATTERSON That was the best game I've seen him play in the three years that I've seen him play. He played very...
JOE MUNIZ Their keeper was the difference in the game. He stood on his head and did stuff that I haven't seen ...
TROY DAYAK Woodall was outstanding. He had total command of the mound and three pitches. They got one good swin...
TOM SLATER The second one was the longest I have seen hit to that part of the ballpark. He really got it up in ...
SCOTT BENEDICT The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
CAMERON STRACHER I was mad at the pitch before being called a strike, I was mad I swung at that, and then he hung me ...
LARRY WALKER That was my first ever grand slam. I never even hit one in little league. It really felt good. I jus...
BRANDON PHILLIPS It was just one of those days where even though the swing didn't feel as good as it could have been,...
BEN CURTIS It was just one of those days where even though the swing didn't feel as good as it could have been,...
BEN CURTIS I just made one bad pitch, I put it where he could hit it and he did. He just hit the pitch that he ...
BRANDON ERBE The guy came in with a 1-1 count that was a hard slider, and I hit it off my leg. I was thinking, ne...
ERIC KING Seven days off, and I come in with the bases loaded. I made the one out, and that 2-2 pitch was clos...
JEFF NELSON His arm strength is right where it was before he (got hurt). If you asked me if there was anything I...
GIL PATTERSON You want to get that third out as quickly as possible. It was a pretty good pitch, but he hit it wel...
CHAD GAUDIN If you make decent pitches to him, you give him respect because you know he'll swing at anything. Yo...
JAMIE MOYER I moved him for Morgan. When he came back from the hand injury, I wanted him in a position where guy...
PHIL GARNER I thought all three games were good ball games. I was a little disappointed that we didn't hit as we...
FRED HILL He was erratically effective. That was the most erratic we've seen him in a while. But he made the p...
WILLIE RANDOLPH If he catches that ball, we probably win 3-0. Paul knows he should have caught that ball. I just ask...
JAMI ISAACSON I told Barret the good thing was that he held his composure and that we didn't have to get him out o...
JAMEY SHOUPPE![]()
That's SHIT!
How do you remove it?
You just put it inside the trash, easy as that.
DEYTH BANGER The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE My grandpa was the one; he started taking up golf when I was about two and introduced me to the game...
RICKIE FOWLER I'm sitting [in the dugout] thinking that we've got the best closer in the game on the mound, but we...
CHRIS CARPENTER Vladimir hits the ball as hard as anyone in the league. He swings and hits bad pitches. He sees so m...
JAVY LOPEZ In those first two at-bats, I was just looking for a pitch to drive. I felt like I was in a zone, li...
BEN SAYLOR We hit the ball out of the ballpark. We made good pitches, Rogers' ball was moving good, he stayed o...
JIM LEYLAND I was wondering what he was doing there. I didn't have the ball. Then he swung at me, but I didn't s...
DUSTIN VILLEPIGUE Its tough. I felt really good. I pitched well early and, actually, that was the only pitch that I fe...
KYLE DAVIES Jack Chesbro was one of the best pitchers in the game at that time. He was known for his spitball. C...
DAN HOLMES I was not really as good as I should have been.
EDDIE ALBERT I think he might have been the most explosive baseball player that I have ever seen, ... He could ge...
BOB SHEPPARD I was the one who made the mistake. He hit a fastball. It wasn't a good pitch.
FERNANDO CABRERA I've seen Tyler better than he was today. He's not going to pitch like that in the future. He just d...
DAN CALLAHAN If you make decent pitches to him, you give him respect
because you know he'll swing at anythin...
JAMIE MOYER He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His ...
LAYTON ALIVIADO There was a situation in Pittsburgh, and our understanding was that Luna was one of the individuals ...
ERIC COOPER There was a situation in Pittsburgh, and our understanding was that Luna was one of the individuals ...
ERIC COOPER That last pitch was as gutsy as I've ever seen anybody throw. That was a 3-2, bases-loaded slider. I...
SAM PERLOZZO It was almost like we were afraid to go after the first pitch because you don't want to make the fir...
CARSON KAINER No matter how hard you tried to tell him that wasn't a deal and you didn't need to pay that kind of ...
DAN REEVES No matter how hard you tried to tell him that wasn't a deal and you didn't need to pay that kind of ...
DAN REEVES One pitch was low, and it would have been a 3-1 count. Instead, it was a strike. This guy is throwin...
JOE CUNNINGHAM The home run shouldn't have happened. I left the ball up. I threw a bad pitch on a count that he was...
PRESTON GUILMET That was a heck of a shot that Juan hit. You can't hit a ball any harder than that. I mean that was ...
RICH BRANDS He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t...
SKIP CARR He had been hit once before in the series. It was certain given the variables I had to work with in ...
ERIC COOPER I don't count the first one, because I just made a terrible pitch. After that, tip your hat, because...
JOHN SMOLTZ Marc has been wrestling really tough. I have seen a 100 percent turnaround in the last couple weeks....
JARED DIGMANN 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 We didn't really help (Capuano) on offense. He was giving us pitches to hit; we just hit them right ...
CHAD MOELLER The first inning, that was it. He was great after that. He got the ball down and he was consistently...
CHAIRON ISENIA I think I would have beaten most people today but credit where it's due, he played a very good match...
ANDY RODDICK Ryan was on all day long. He squared up to the ball and that has been his problem this year. He had ...
MARK POLLARD He had some really sharp pitches. He was just a little bit up on occasion. He made some really nice ...
JOE MADDON I was really pleased with the way we hit the ball tonight. It could have been more. We left the base...
EARL LARSON I know that he was very intelligent. He was as good in school as he was in sports. He was very good ...
MARTIN BRIERE I kind of expected he was going to be a little bit behind. He only pitched one other inning in the t...
HUMBERTO COTA As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G...
JOEY GATHRIGHT Really I wasn't looking for a particular pitch. Just up in the zone where I could get a fly ball. On...
BILLY HALL![]()
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound...
TOM SEAVER I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in ...
JEFF FRANCIS He was fortunate to stay on the pitch. I don't think it was a malicious arm he raised to hurt somebo...
DAVID HODGSON I felt real good and thought I could get three more outs, ... I have been feeling good the last five...
BEN SHEETS It was the first time we'd seen three back-to-back category three or above threats hit us. The possi...
ALFRED HUGER He made them hit the ball on the ground with regularity. He made some good pitches.
CLINT HURDLE I was able to square the pitches up a little better. I was letting the ball get a little deeper into...
CASEY KOTCHMAN The cutter, at times, was very nice. This was a typical Spring Training game where the pitcher was b...
BENGIE MOLINA No, it didn't hit him. [But] that pitch was more in and less up than the pitch to Duffy.
JOSH BARD I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ...
JASON BRANDT He didn't say, 'Hines, I'm about to pitch it,' ... He saw me and I looked at him. I thought he was g...
HINES WARD It was a good pitch - a great cricket wicket. It should have been an after-tea day-four game, really...
DARREN LEHMANN Right now he's just taking it one pitch at a time and trying to get good pitches to hit. He's been w...
PATRICK ANDERSON He probably threw the ball as hard as anyone. He was pretty hard to hit.
LEE BUSSEY That was his best outing. He threw four pitches for strikes and he pounded the strike zone.
JIM TRACY He just gave of himself and was very active in borough politics. Anybody who came in touch with him....
HAL HONIG I couldn't believe he hit it. It was a pretty good pitch.
TIM WAKEFIELD That was the best I have ever seen [Lowry] throw -- that one pitch is getting better, and that is ba...
FELIPE ALOU One thing that someone said was, 'There not but for the Grace of God go I.' And it really hit home w...
BRANDON GILBERT
FREDDY GARCIA [Maine] had three pitches he was throwing that he looked like he had confidence to throw in any coun...
JOHN OLERUD I immediately looked at Dale Sveum and forgot that he was my third base coach. He might have tipped ...
BRONSON ARROYO He was pretty impressive. He had a good fastball and curveball the first four innings. Then he found...
BOB SCHAEFER He fought off some tough pitches and fouled off some tough pitches. If he got a pitch to hit, I was ...
MIKE SCIOSCIA [His opponents have recognized his potential from first-hand experience.] He was pretty impressive, ...
BOB SCHAEFER He was really dominant. This was as good as I've seen him.
JIM SMITH He threw the ball good today. I remember facing him when he was in Toronto. He's a competitor. He th...
DAMIAN MILLER I was battling absolutely as hard as I could. A pitcher would rather have a rocket hit off him than ...
BRANDON INGE As he was going up to the plate, (his teammates) were telling him he'd get a chance to swing. The on...
CHARLIE WARNER At the beginning, I was getting a little bit panicked because he's definitely our number one (starte...
DOUG SANKEY Heath is a good pitcher. I've seen him pitch in all-star camps and this was not how he usually pitch...
JOEY SATO The first three games of the series were frustrating for me. I was missing some pitches that I norma...
BRAD ELDRED I couldn't have thrown him three worse pitches. All three were just terrible. He must have thought I...
ANDY PETTITTE He?s going to leave the park if he swings at good balls. He just hit through that pitch. It was alre...
CHARLIE MANUEL It was a fastball because I wasn't going to walk in a run there. I was going to throw him a strike a...
BRIAN LAWRENCE The girls hit the ball well and were patient at the plate. They swung at the pitches they could hit.
CRAIG LAUGER Going out there I think he was at 76 pitches. I told him he was one over 75, we'll take him up to 80...
AARON NIECKULA That guy can hit. He is as good as I have seen.
JOSH HERRING I felt as good as I have in a long time. When I was missing, I was missing down. The one pitch I lef...
BRIAN LAWRENCE You have to pitch to him like he was a couple of years ago. He hits good pitches, he hits bad pitche...
JOHN PATTERSON That was the best game I've seen him play in the three years that I've seen him play. He played very...
JOE MUNIZ Their keeper was the difference in the game. He stood on his head and did stuff that I haven't seen ...
TROY DAYAK Woodall was outstanding. He had total command of the mound and three pitches. They got one good swin...
TOM SLATER The second one was the longest I have seen hit to that part of the ballpark. He really got it up in ...
SCOTT BENEDICT The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
CAMERON STRACHER I was mad at the pitch before being called a strike, I was mad I swung at that, and then he hung me ...
LARRY WALKER That was my first ever grand slam. I never even hit one in little league. It really felt good. I jus...
BRANDON PHILLIPS It was just one of those days where even though the swing didn't feel as good as it could have been,...
BEN CURTIS It was just one of those days where even though the swing didn't feel as good as it could have been,...
BEN CURTIS I just made one bad pitch, I put it where he could hit it and he did. He just hit the pitch that he ...
BRANDON ERBE The guy came in with a 1-1 count that was a hard slider, and I hit it off my leg. I was thinking, ne...
ERIC KING Seven days off, and I come in with the bases loaded. I made the one out, and that 2-2 pitch was clos...
JEFF NELSON His arm strength is right where it was before he (got hurt). If you asked me if there was anything I...
GIL PATTERSON You want to get that third out as quickly as possible. It was a pretty good pitch, but he hit it wel...
CHAD GAUDIN If you make decent pitches to him, you give him respect because you know he'll swing at anything. Yo...
JAMIE MOYER I moved him for Morgan. When he came back from the hand injury, I wanted him in a position where guy...
PHIL GARNER I thought all three games were good ball games. I was a little disappointed that we didn't hit as we...
FRED HILL He was erratically effective. That was the most erratic we've seen him in a while. But he made the p...
WILLIE RANDOLPH If he catches that ball, we probably win 3-0. Paul knows he should have caught that ball. I just ask...
JAMI ISAACSON I told Barret the good thing was that he held his composure and that we didn't have to get him out o...
JAMEY SHOUPPE
That's SHIT!How do you remove it?
You just put it inside the trash, easy as that.
DEYTH BANGER The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE My grandpa was the one; he started taking up golf when I was about two and introduced me to the game...
RICKIE FOWLER I'm sitting [in the dugout] thinking that we've got the best closer in the game on the mound, but we...
CHRIS CARPENTER Vladimir hits the ball as hard as anyone in the league. He swings and hits bad pitches. He sees so m...
JAVY LOPEZ In those first two at-bats, I was just looking for a pitch to drive. I felt like I was in a zone, li...
BEN SAYLOR We hit the ball out of the ballpark. We made good pitches, Rogers' ball was moving good, he stayed o...
JIM LEYLAND I was wondering what he was doing there. I didn't have the ball. Then he swung at me, but I didn't s...
DUSTIN VILLEPIGUE Its tough. I felt really good. I pitched well early and, actually, that was the only pitch that I fe...
KYLE DAVIES Jack Chesbro was one of the best pitchers in the game at that time. He was known for his spitball. C...
DAN HOLMES I was not really as good as I should have been.
EDDIE ALBERT I think he might have been the most explosive baseball player that I have ever seen, ... He could ge...
BOB SHEPPARD I was the one who made the mistake. He hit a fastball. It wasn't a good pitch.
FERNANDO CABRERA I've seen Tyler better than he was today. He's not going to pitch like that in the future. He just d...
DAN CALLAHAN If you make decent pitches to him, you give him respect
because you know he'll swing at anythin...
JAMIE MOYER He is just an awesome pitcher. He can really pitch ... the velocity he has, mixing his pitches. His ...
LAYTON ALIVIADO There was a situation in Pittsburgh, and our understanding was that Luna was one of the individuals ...
ERIC COOPER There was a situation in Pittsburgh, and our understanding was that Luna was one of the individuals ...
ERIC COOPER That last pitch was as gutsy as I've ever seen anybody throw. That was a 3-2, bases-loaded slider. I...
SAM PERLOZZO It was almost like we were afraid to go after the first pitch because you don't want to make the fir...
CARSON KAINER No matter how hard you tried to tell him that wasn't a deal and you didn't need to pay that kind of ...
DAN REEVES No matter how hard you tried to tell him that wasn't a deal and you didn't need to pay that kind of ...
DAN REEVES One pitch was low, and it would have been a 3-1 count. Instead, it was a strike. This guy is throwin...
JOE CUNNINGHAM The home run shouldn't have happened. I left the ball up. I threw a bad pitch on a count that he was...
PRESTON GUILMET That was a heck of a shot that Juan hit. You can't hit a ball any harder than that. I mean that was ...
RICH BRANDS He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t...
SKIP CARR He had been hit once before in the series. It was certain given the variables I had to work with in ...
ERIC COOPER I don't count the first one, because I just made a terrible pitch. After that, tip your hat, because...
JOHN SMOLTZ Marc has been wrestling really tough. I have seen a 100 percent turnaround in the last couple weeks....
JARED DIGMANN 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 We didn't really help (Capuano) on offense. He was giving us pitches to hit; we just hit them right ...
CHAD MOELLER The first inning, that was it. He was great after that. He got the ball down and he was consistently...
CHAIRON ISENIA I think I would have beaten most people today but credit where it's due, he played a very good match...
ANDY RODDICK Ryan was on all day long. He squared up to the ball and that has been his problem this year. He had ...
MARK POLLARD He had some really sharp pitches. He was just a little bit up on occasion. He made some really nice ...
JOE MADDON I was really pleased with the way we hit the ball tonight. It could have been more. We left the base...
EARL LARSON I know that he was very intelligent. He was as good in school as he was in sports. He was very good ...
MARTIN BRIERE I kind of expected he was going to be a little bit behind. He only pitched one other inning in the t...
HUMBERTO COTA As soon as the ball hit the bat I was going. I was lucky it was a chopper. I just ran and hoped to G...
JOEY GATHRIGHT Really I wasn't looking for a particular pitch. Just up in the zone where I could get a fly ball. On...
BILLY HALL
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound... TOM SEAVER I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in ...
JEFF FRANCIS He was fortunate to stay on the pitch. I don't think it was a malicious arm he raised to hurt somebo...
DAVID HODGSON I felt real good and thought I could get three more outs, ... I have been feeling good the last five...
BEN SHEETS It was the first time we'd seen three back-to-back category three or above threats hit us. The possi...
ALFRED HUGER He made them hit the ball on the ground with regularity. He made some good pitches.
CLINT HURDLE I was able to square the pitches up a little better. I was letting the ball get a little deeper into...
CASEY KOTCHMAN The cutter, at times, was very nice. This was a typical Spring Training game where the pitcher was b...
BENGIE MOLINA No, it didn't hit him. [But] that pitch was more in and less up than the pitch to Duffy.
JOSH BARD I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ...
JASON BRANDT He didn't say, 'Hines, I'm about to pitch it,' ... He saw me and I looked at him. I thought he was g...
HINES WARD It was a good pitch - a great cricket wicket. It should have been an after-tea day-four game, really...
DARREN LEHMANN Right now he's just taking it one pitch at a time and trying to get good pitches to hit. He's been w...
PATRICK ANDERSON He probably threw the ball as hard as anyone. He was pretty hard to hit.
LEE BUSSEY That was his best outing. He threw four pitches for strikes and he pounded the strike zone.
JIM TRACY He just gave of himself and was very active in borough politics. Anybody who came in touch with him....
HAL HONIG I couldn't believe he hit it. It was a pretty good pitch.
TIM WAKEFIELD That was the best I have ever seen [Lowry] throw -- that one pitch is getting better, and that is ba...
FELIPE ALOU One thing that someone said was, 'There not but for the Grace of God go I.' And it really hit home w...
BRANDON GILBERT
