I saw better life to his fastball, much better life. I can't sit here and tell you what the velocity was, but that will come as he builds himself up. But the life on his fastball, it was there tonight.
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Related He had more velocity on his fastball, his changeup was slower, and he had sharper breaking stuff, ..... TODD PRATT His fastball command was a little erratic, but the velocity was good. MIKE SCIOSCIA His fastball command was a little erratic, but the command on his offspeed pitches was there, and hi... MIKE SCIOSCIA Tonight was, in my opinion, dramatically better than what we saw in Florida. In Florida, he battled,... JIM TRACY It was really good to see that out of Seth. His fastball located down much better ... He utilized hi... JOE MADDON It's a deadly combination. His fastball is straight over the top like Jim Palmer's, with late life u... DAVE MAGADAN It's a deadly combination. His fastball is straight over the top like Jim Palmer's, with late life u... DAVE MAGADAN You have to locate your fastball and change your speeds. There was nothing wrong with my fastball. I... GREG MADDUX He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h... JAY SUTTON The second inning was better than his first. He had some nice pop, but when you can't get your secon... MARK FOULKES He wasn't as sharp as his first game, but he still had a good fastball. He struggled with the breaki... CHARLIE PULEO I know Jerry's amazing, and I realize he's better than I am now or ever was. But they disrespected m... JIMBO DAVIS He's pitching as well as he ever has. He's staying in his delivery, doing a much better job of comma... ERIC WEDGE Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed, ... My memory goes back to Jim Thor... DWIGHT EISENHOWER Without ever seeing him except for this evening, he throws with the long arm and has pretty good vel... TOM HILBERT This was 10 times better than my last start. My location on my fastball was much, much better. ADAM EATON So they talk about heaven, and I don't know what is waiting for me up there. But I can tell you ... STEVE SABOL It was a great experience to sit up there in the front row while he was speaking. He handled himself... MICHAEL BREMER But he was on top of his game tonight and he will only get better. PATRICK SHARP In situations, his change-up was his best pitch. He also had location early on his fastball. NEIL ALLEN 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 His key pitch is his fastball but his strength is his incredible intelligence at such an young age. ... GEORGE HANSEN He's a guy that just gets better and better every outing. Today was just more of the same from him. ... HECTOR RODRIGUEZ That was vintage Elliott. He spotted his fastball well on both sides of the plate and had all three ... BOBBY HOWARD He was always seeking for a meaning in life, and here it seemed to him that a meaning was offered; b... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It's not about the velocity. What impressed me was the movement Oliver had with his fastball in the ... JIM TRACY He was spotting his fastball really well. JIM SMITH Sanchez had his game on. All of his pitchers were working pretty good. His fastball at the end was h... LUIS DORANTE I was so proud when I saw that. I thought, 'That's how it should be.' That kid the rest of his life ... MARTHA MILES I thought he was strong. He came out throwing a good fastball to both sides of the plate. His curves... KURT SUZUKI Hartmann was great again. His slider and changeup were working for him tonight and he had some great... BUTCH HOBSON Maybe the long inning bothered him, maybe he got tired. But no excuses, when you're up 20 runs, you ... DARRELL BUTLER Jermaine came to make many choices in his life that simply broke our hearts because we knew that he ... DANIEL PELLETIER It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went a... LUCAS SCOTT telling you what he thinks of his fastball. JEFF FRANCIS I pitched alright because I didn't really have the off -speed pitch, but my fastball was better than... IKE DAVIS He threw the ball well. He was able to use all his pitches, his slider, his changeup and his fastbal... BILL EVERS His fastball was very dominant tonight, and he had great control of all of his pitches. He threw a g... AARON MISASI He threw very well, much better than I expected. He had good velocity, his slider was tight and he w... BRAD ARNSBERG I thought he was pretty good. He was able to throw the fastball for strikes on both sides of the pla... DOUG GROVE Everything was working. My fastball felt good, I was able to throw it with velocity, and my slider w... CHAD CORDERO My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft... TRACY MORGAN His change-up was really working well. When he has that working with his fastball, it's a pretty goo... FRANK PERMUY He didn't have the repertoire. He'd go out there relying on his fastball and get by with it for four... BURT HOOTON I was thinking that he was probably going to challenge me with a fastball, ... And I said, 'Hey, let... SCOTT PODSEDNIK I made a few more mistakes today. Overall, I think it was OK. The fastball, the command is not there... ANTHONY REYES Talk about command ? he was in command all day. We established the fastball early. That made the pit... GEOVANY SOTO He (White) had a tough first inning, but was strong the rest of the way. He was getting his curve ba... GLENN LINCOLN At Northwest, Wade dominated some good hitters. He didn't have his usual zip on the fastball or the ... CHRIS CAUBLE I think once he's able to pinpoint his fastball a little bit better, he's going to be awesome. BOBBY COX Sidney has made it very clear to us that he is committed to turning both his life and his career aro... WALT JOCKETTY [His fosh is one of the pitches Suppan throws in the bullpen when warming up for a start because of ... JEFF SUPPAN He tried to tell me week after week to accept things as they were and move on with my life. But if t... CECELIA AHERN It was the worst thing I ever saw. It was either his leg or his life. HOPE TRENT You have to gear up for his fastball, CHRIS WOODWARD He showed me his slider was his command pitch. I told him, 'You get behind in the count, throw it an... BOB APODACA I'm realizing for the first time, your life goes on while you're trying to pursue this caree... NICHOLAS D'AGOSTO Tracy was a good kid. He was doing a lot of things positive. He turned his life around. CLARA WARD That was the best fastball I've ever thrown in my life. He swung and missed. I remember walking off ... JOHNNY PODRES I was very pleased. I'm sure Eric feels good about what he did. He had a little extra on his fastbal... WAYNE KRIVSKY It was a 2-1 count, so I was sitting fastball. He had just thrown me a curve. I got a knee-high fast... BEN MUNIZ His fastball location the first two innings was not there, and that was forcing him to make too many... RAFAEL CHAVES He's got to come in with his curve and change-up then come back with the fastball. BARRY RUSSELL He had a real good fastball and good location. He stayed primarily with his fastball. LARRY WATKINS Overall, I was a little impatient. I didn't have a lot of life on my fastball. I got behind on a lot... LUKE HUDSON Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of o... DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU Robert had his chance. He may have his chance again, but right now, I feel Michael Spurlock is the b... ED ORGERON Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reaso... LUDWIG FEUERBACH Austin established his inside fastball and then could work the softer stuff away. He really hit his ... BROCK KNIGHT You may fancy the Lord had His own power to fall back upon. But that would have been to Him just the... GEORGE MACDONALD If he had a reason for preferring Liberalism to the Conservatism of many in his set, it was not that... LEO TOLSTOY [Vick] was just in rhythm. He threw the ball really well. His fastball was working, and he just thre... JEFF GREGORY It was unintentional, Andre headbutted me right in the head, ... He always liked me and he was reall... LANNY POFFO What was his surprise and his joy when, on looking himself over, he saw that he was no longer a Mari... CARLO COLLODI People tell me I look angry. I thought my dad was mad at me his whole life, but it turns out that wa... BEN FOSTER If life throws you a fastball, be ready to swing at it! SIMON PENA He made it look easy. He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball... CHAD MOELLER I can tell you this: there will be other girls, other disasters. And there will be nights to come, h... MICHAEL KNIGHT That was a terrible pitch. I left a fastball up and he made me pay for it. IAN HARRINGTON Real success in life means the individual's conquest of himself; it means how he
has bettered himse... WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN His gut was stitched up good and tight, but that didn’t prevent it from flopping. He wiped his dam... SANDRA BROWN Akinli, this strange boy whose life at the moment seemed to be hanging on this, pushed himself from ... KIERA CASS His secondary stuff works but we want him to pitch off his fastball which will be what it takes for ... CHARLIE CORBELL He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi... JOHN AUBREY When you come across an excellent invention, what it should tell you is that someone used most of hi... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I'm not one to whine about that kind of stuff and I don't think there was anything to it but he bett... DAVID BOLLAND Changing speeds was the biggest thing tonight. My change was working well, and I started a lot of hi... GREG HARMON He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi... JOHN AUBREY He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi... ISAAC ASIMOV 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 God opened the door. Bruce got down on his knees and invited God into his life. You could just tell ... DALE HUDSON He spots the ball well and he throws his fastball kind of sneaky [fast]. It gets on you. It only say... JASON BAY Everybody knows Leo likes to throw outside, and that's what I was trying to throw, the fastball outs... DANIEL CABRERA Fangio . . . I saw him when he was on the wane and he was still better than most. And Jim Clark and ... FRANK GARDNER He had a hard slider and was working in and out with his fastball. Give him credit: He hit his spots... HERMAN DEMMINK He asked if we could sit in private. He had this letter. It explained his life, where he was from, h... BECKY GARLAND He lived for it. It was his life. The cycling team was his family out here. He was incredibly dedica... COLIN COOPER His velocity is coming up and his command is better. BOB MCCLURE It wasn't as though he didn't have choices. He could have expanded his career, maybe further it with... BOB FULLER What a man has made himself, he will be; his state is the result of his past life, and his heaven or... CATHERINE CROWE
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BRIAN TRACY Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheel... BRIAN TRACY I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live. TRACY MORGAN Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. BRIAN TRACY Michael and I had great role models. Though his father has passed away, his parents had an amazingly... TRACY POLLAN Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's ... TRACY CHEVALIER I would love to try action films. TRACY MORGAN I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have ... TRACY MORGAN I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more act... BRIAN TRACY You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you... BRIAN TRACY It's like going to the zoo when you come to my house. 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Everybody i... TRACY CHAPMAN People are just way too sensitive. You couldn't have a show like 'Archie Bunker' on TV. ... TRACY MORGAN I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people s... TRACY ANDERSON You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve ... BRIAN TRACY There's ups and downs of any job. If you worked at the post office, there's ups and downs. Y... TRACY MORGAN I've always been fascinated by the Norsemen, their lives, history and cosmology. The more we stu... TRACY HICKMAN I really wanted to make it as a ballet dancer to make my mom proud. But it didn't happen. TRACY ANDERSON Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses. TRACY MORGAN I think of masculine and feminine energy like two sides to a battery. There's a plus side and a ... TRACY MCMILLAN I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in be... TRACY MCMILLAN Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive... TRACY MORGAN Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabi... BRIAN TRACY I'm a big, big movie fan. I watch 'The Ten Commandments' and the original 'Planet of... TRACY MORGAN Even though on the outside we glittered like gold, inside we were almost as black as coal. Sometimes... TRACY KRIMMER Sometime between when the Summer of Love ended and the Summer of Sam began, America became a nation ... TRACY MCMILLAN I'm a hopeful cynic. TRACY CHAPMAN I love '30 Rock' because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week. TRACY MORGAN I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place. TRACY MORGAN Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly... TRACY CHAPMAN My older brother was born, who was a cripple, then I was born, and my sister was born, the only girl... TRACY MORGAN Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality. BRIAN TRACY When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way ... TRACY MORGAN Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He ... TRACY KIDDER Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy c... TRACY MORGAN Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event. BRIAN TRACY Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that e... BRIAN TRACY I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs... TRACY CHAPMAN Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are alway... BRIAN TRACY The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it... TRACY LETTS My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft... TRACY MORGAN Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that... TRACY MORGAN You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella. TRACY MORGAN