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It felt good. I was just trying to throw strikes.
JOE MAYS They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing....
JOSE OQUENDO For him to come in under those conditions and throw strikes was a tremendous job.
GARY MINER Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. Tha...
ODALIS PEREZ I felt good, able to throw strikes with my defense behind me.
EDDIE CARTER In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too comp...
DREW POMERANZ He throws the ball 90 miles an hour. We just need him to throw strikes. If he can throw strikes, he'...
RICH PAPIRIO![]()
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
SATCHEL PAIGE I was just trying to throw strikes and let my defense help me. I got a lot of ground balls and they ...
CLINT CROSIER We felt we needed pitchers who could throw strikes. The two players we sent out were not throwing st...
NED COLLETTI We didn't throw a lot of strikes. We're trying to find a No. 3 pitcher.
DARRELL WILEY I couldn't throw strikes early and when I did they were sitting on it,
ERIK BEDARD![]()
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
SATCHEL PAIGE We don't have any blazers who can throw it 90, 88, or even 85 (mph). But they've thrown strikes and ...
FLOYD CIRUTI It comes down to who can throw strikes and get guys out.
LARRY WAYMAN After that (home run) I tried to put up zeroes, work fast, change speeds and throw strikes.
ERIC MILTON It's nice to look out there and know we have guys that can throw strikes.
JARED BROWN They both throw strikes. They're always going to keep you in games.
BOBBY DIEZ We expect Davis to go out there and throw strikes, to battle and compete.
JAY SFERRA We throw strikes and play defense, that's pretty much our philosophy.
DAN NOBBS When your team's doing that stuff, it makes it easy to throw strikes.
KYLE LOHSE We're hitting much better than I thought one through nine. We like to put pressure on defense by mak...
CARM MAZZA![]()
Very similar stuff, ability to throw strikes and work quickly. Tewksbury was great. You trusted him....
JOE TORRE I was just trying to throw strikes. That's all I was thinking about. I had no idea that I had 18 str...
KALEN PIMENTEL What he does is throw strikes and mix his pitches up. That's what he does well. Any pitcher that thr...
BENGIE MOLINA We did a good job of taking advantage of their inability to throw strikes.
RICK JONES When everyone hits, it makes me more confident. The more runs we score, the more strikes I want to t...
GREG KENNEDY He was so-so. He struggled with his command and didn't throw a lot of strikes. He was behind a lot o...
MIKE HARGROVE I knew as long as I did that, there wasn't going to be much trouble. That's what I did on Sunday, to...
JAMES GILBERT That seven-run inning was the key. We got a good lead, and I was able to relax and throw strikes and...
ERIC MILTON Charlie did a good job throwing strikes tonight. If our pitchers throw strikes and we make the routi...
BOB KLEINKNECHT I thought he was pretty good. He was able to throw the fastball for strikes on both sides of the pla...
DOUG GROVE To come in and throw strikes and get people out in a pressure situation like this was just outstandi...
LARRY PARRISH I think our pitching is our strength this year. We're very deep and we've got guys that throw strike...
BOB ROWE With the wind that was blowing, I didn't see how he could throw strikes, but he did. I'm very proud ...
JOEY KALMUS We need to be fundamentally sound. We need to throw strikes and play catch defensively to be success...
ALLEN ROSSI It's clear to me that I have to go in there and get guys out. Regardless of what inning or what role...
JOSH HANCOCK You want one to two true pitchers that can beat anybody and six arms that can throw strikes.
TIM SAUNDERS We walked a bunch of guys tonight. The balls were wet and we couldn't throw strikes.
COREY HELD Our staff on the whole challenged hitters and were not afraid to throw strikes. That's big at this l...
DAVE LAROCHE He was excellent in both games. It's nice to have a lefty coming out of the pen that you can count o...
JEF FIELD He's tough. He's the real deal there. When you have three pitches you can throw for strikes, it's to...
TIM FUNKHOUSER It felt real good. I just tried to stay within myself out there. I didn't want to go overboard, just...
A.J. BURNETT We're not going to overpower anybody on the mound, but we've got some guys that can throw strikes. T...
ROGER ORTMEIER We'd like to have three starters to throw strikes. Carlos and Victor, they threw a little last year....
MIKE FROSCO It felt good to get out there and throw strikes. My command was the key tonight. I was able to spot ...
CHRIS DENNIS That always makes me feel a lot better. I have more confidence in myself. I know I can throw strikes...
BRAD LABRUYERE When I have two strikes, I feel free, ... My job is to make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches, and ...
DAVID ECKSTEIN I was just glad to be able to go out there and help the team. I was able to get ahead of hitters, be...
EDGAR RAMIREZ I always tell the pitchers to throw strikes and let the defense do the work. This was a team effort ...
CRAIG MILBURN He couldn't throw it for strikes, and he was really struggling with it, so we thought he should ditc...
JEFF SCHULKENS That's something I'm going to remember. It'll just push me to get better and better. I just tried to...
IAIN SEBASTIAN For us to have a chance this season, we need to throw strikes and make the routine defensive plays. ...
JEFF TODD It's huge that the middle of the lineup stays hot so that they have to throw strikes to Andruw. We'v...
ADAM LAROCHE I'm hoping our guys throw strikes and not be so much in awe of who we're facing. I don't want them t...
LEE SMITH He is a strike-thrower. In (the CPL), if you throw enough strikes and let the wooden bat take care o...
TODD WILKINSON You're supposed to throw strikes in that situation instead of wasting pitches. You don't want to sta...
BRAD THOMPSON All I do is throw strikes and let the defense help out behind me. I trust in these guys and expect t...
JAMES OSTERKAMP Our pitchers have got to learn to throw strikes and get ahead in the count. I thought we played well...
JAMES MANSINGER I started out 0-2 on that batter and threw four straight balls. I knew I needed to bear down there a...
MATT HILL Defensively, we're solid. As long as our pitchers throw strikes and keep the ball in the yard, we're...
CRAIG NICHOLSON We have a lot of young kids that are going to pitch for us. We are preaching throw strikes and keepi...
DAVE BARROW Both those guys did a great job for us. It makes it a lot easier to play defense when your guys thro...
MARC SUYEMATSU It's a matter of familiarity. Working together, catchers get to know what pitchers like to throw in ...
BRYAN PRICE I learned how to pitch better and how to compete better. I had a little slower velocity and learned ...
AARON COOK As a team we have to work together and play well. One day we don't throw strikes and another day giv...
CYLE HANKERD It was just a weird game. Guys couldn't throw strikes, guys who probably haven't made an error all y...
BILL PIONA That's when we play good. We don't make errors, we put the ball in play, and we throw strikes. That'...
KIRK SAARLOOS We just have to figure out who goes where in our bullpen. We got guys who just couldn't find the pla...
ERIC MCARTHUR Approach-wise, we did a little bit better as far as making him throw strikes. He's effective because...
REED JOHNSON Throw strikes down in the strike zone. A fastball up in the zone looks like a beach ball. The other ...
JEROMY PALKI When you get a lead like that early, you attack the zone, throw strikes, and force them to put the b...
CLIFF LEE After witnessing the power of the force, Luke Skywalker exclaimed, "I don't believe it!" His Jedi me...
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK When you go out there and throw strikes, no matter who you are, you're hard to beat. That's what he ...
ED EASLEY The first guy we faced was slow, and we knocked him out in the first inning because he couldn't thro...
DONNIE HASTINGS You talk to scouts and you keep hearing there is a real shortage of pitching. There's a real shortag...
BILL BAVASI Everybody knows Leo likes to throw outside, and that's what I was trying to throw, the fastball outs...
DANIEL CABRERA Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastbal...
DALE CUTSFORTH He pitched really well. His arm was a little sore Friday and that's why we took him out. He doesn't ...
CRAIG LAMBERT He's just a starting pitcher. He's got three pitches, and he can throw them all for strikes. With hi...
BRIAN MCCANN We were trying to save him for the last game. He's probably our best. He's got a slow curve, and he'...
DARRELL WILEY We had a pitch count and we felt Eddie was getting a little tired there. I think he walked three bat...
JASON BRANDT My role is to give them confidence when they get on the mound. I want them to throw strikes and get ...
DILLON GUILLORY If you go into the game thinking we are going to throw strikes every snap, we could drive ourselves ...
JOE KINES He's a guy that possesses starter stuff. He can throw multiple pitches for strikes. We've had Fausto...
ERIC WEDGE John is a very composed pitcher who loves to have the ball in pressure situations. He enjoys competi...
LEE MEYER Maybe the long inning bothered him, maybe he got tired. But no excuses, when you're up 20 runs, you ...
DARRELL BUTLER He's got a good mentality about himself. He's able to throw strikes no matter what the situation is....
MITCH ASHMORE Every Sunday night I have a Cinderella moment when the clock strikes 12 and I have to go back to sla...
TANYA HUBRACK Byrd threw good today. He had a lot of strikes and his command was better than it had been in his la...
JOEL SKINNER It helps me work on maybe moving the ball around a little bit as opposed to trying to throw strikes....
BRITTANY STANLEY It is a really big deal to throw strikes in high school baseball. Walks are so big, and it was nice ...
JEFF MYAER When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out...
DREW POMERANZ I was battling that at-bat. I had two strikes and some runners on base. I was just trying to hit the...
CHRIS AGUILA The kids had a good practice on Tuesday, they let it all out. They're resilient. It was very importa...
BRIAN WHELAN We've been using (Lucier) in relief. He has the ability to throw a number of pitches for strikes. He...
GREG KING![]()
The Empire strikes back.
GEORGE LUCAS It's still a work in progress. Not having a preseason game hurt us. We've got a bunch of kids who ca...
JEFF FINCH I tried to throw a fastball inside, and the ball kind of slipped out of my hand where I didn't want ...
CARLOS ZAMBRANO![]()
He's a dead-pull hitter. Leave it to me to get him to go the other way with what I throw.
KENNY ROGERS
JOE MAYS They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing....
JOSE OQUENDO For him to come in under those conditions and throw strikes was a tremendous job.
GARY MINER Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. Tha...
ODALIS PEREZ I felt good, able to throw strikes with my defense behind me.
EDDIE CARTER In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too comp...
DREW POMERANZ He throws the ball 90 miles an hour. We just need him to throw strikes. If he can throw strikes, he'...
RICH PAPIRIO
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. SATCHEL PAIGE I was just trying to throw strikes and let my defense help me. I got a lot of ground balls and they ...
CLINT CROSIER We felt we needed pitchers who could throw strikes. The two players we sent out were not throwing st...
NED COLLETTI We didn't throw a lot of strikes. We're trying to find a No. 3 pitcher.
DARRELL WILEY I couldn't throw strikes early and when I did they were sitting on it,
ERIK BEDARD
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. SATCHEL PAIGE We don't have any blazers who can throw it 90, 88, or even 85 (mph). But they've thrown strikes and ...
FLOYD CIRUTI It comes down to who can throw strikes and get guys out.
LARRY WAYMAN After that (home run) I tried to put up zeroes, work fast, change speeds and throw strikes.
ERIC MILTON It's nice to look out there and know we have guys that can throw strikes.
JARED BROWN They both throw strikes. They're always going to keep you in games.
BOBBY DIEZ We expect Davis to go out there and throw strikes, to battle and compete.
JAY SFERRA We throw strikes and play defense, that's pretty much our philosophy.
DAN NOBBS When your team's doing that stuff, it makes it easy to throw strikes.
KYLE LOHSE We're hitting much better than I thought one through nine. We like to put pressure on defense by mak...
CARM MAZZA
Very similar stuff, ability to throw strikes and work quickly. Tewksbury was great. You trusted him.... JOE TORRE I was just trying to throw strikes. That's all I was thinking about. I had no idea that I had 18 str...
KALEN PIMENTEL What he does is throw strikes and mix his pitches up. That's what he does well. Any pitcher that thr...
BENGIE MOLINA We did a good job of taking advantage of their inability to throw strikes.
RICK JONES When everyone hits, it makes me more confident. The more runs we score, the more strikes I want to t...
GREG KENNEDY He was so-so. He struggled with his command and didn't throw a lot of strikes. He was behind a lot o...
MIKE HARGROVE I knew as long as I did that, there wasn't going to be much trouble. That's what I did on Sunday, to...
JAMES GILBERT That seven-run inning was the key. We got a good lead, and I was able to relax and throw strikes and...
ERIC MILTON Charlie did a good job throwing strikes tonight. If our pitchers throw strikes and we make the routi...
BOB KLEINKNECHT I thought he was pretty good. He was able to throw the fastball for strikes on both sides of the pla...
DOUG GROVE To come in and throw strikes and get people out in a pressure situation like this was just outstandi...
LARRY PARRISH I think our pitching is our strength this year. We're very deep and we've got guys that throw strike...
BOB ROWE With the wind that was blowing, I didn't see how he could throw strikes, but he did. I'm very proud ...
JOEY KALMUS We need to be fundamentally sound. We need to throw strikes and play catch defensively to be success...
ALLEN ROSSI It's clear to me that I have to go in there and get guys out. Regardless of what inning or what role...
JOSH HANCOCK You want one to two true pitchers that can beat anybody and six arms that can throw strikes.
TIM SAUNDERS We walked a bunch of guys tonight. The balls were wet and we couldn't throw strikes.
COREY HELD Our staff on the whole challenged hitters and were not afraid to throw strikes. That's big at this l...
DAVE LAROCHE He was excellent in both games. It's nice to have a lefty coming out of the pen that you can count o...
JEF FIELD He's tough. He's the real deal there. When you have three pitches you can throw for strikes, it's to...
TIM FUNKHOUSER It felt real good. I just tried to stay within myself out there. I didn't want to go overboard, just...
A.J. BURNETT We're not going to overpower anybody on the mound, but we've got some guys that can throw strikes. T...
ROGER ORTMEIER We'd like to have three starters to throw strikes. Carlos and Victor, they threw a little last year....
MIKE FROSCO It felt good to get out there and throw strikes. My command was the key tonight. I was able to spot ...
CHRIS DENNIS That always makes me feel a lot better. I have more confidence in myself. I know I can throw strikes...
BRAD LABRUYERE When I have two strikes, I feel free, ... My job is to make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches, and ...
DAVID ECKSTEIN I was just glad to be able to go out there and help the team. I was able to get ahead of hitters, be...
EDGAR RAMIREZ I always tell the pitchers to throw strikes and let the defense do the work. This was a team effort ...
CRAIG MILBURN He couldn't throw it for strikes, and he was really struggling with it, so we thought he should ditc...
JEFF SCHULKENS That's something I'm going to remember. It'll just push me to get better and better. I just tried to...
IAIN SEBASTIAN For us to have a chance this season, we need to throw strikes and make the routine defensive plays. ...
JEFF TODD It's huge that the middle of the lineup stays hot so that they have to throw strikes to Andruw. We'v...
ADAM LAROCHE I'm hoping our guys throw strikes and not be so much in awe of who we're facing. I don't want them t...
LEE SMITH He is a strike-thrower. In (the CPL), if you throw enough strikes and let the wooden bat take care o...
TODD WILKINSON You're supposed to throw strikes in that situation instead of wasting pitches. You don't want to sta...
BRAD THOMPSON All I do is throw strikes and let the defense help out behind me. I trust in these guys and expect t...
JAMES OSTERKAMP Our pitchers have got to learn to throw strikes and get ahead in the count. I thought we played well...
JAMES MANSINGER I started out 0-2 on that batter and threw four straight balls. I knew I needed to bear down there a...
MATT HILL Defensively, we're solid. As long as our pitchers throw strikes and keep the ball in the yard, we're...
CRAIG NICHOLSON We have a lot of young kids that are going to pitch for us. We are preaching throw strikes and keepi...
DAVE BARROW Both those guys did a great job for us. It makes it a lot easier to play defense when your guys thro...
MARC SUYEMATSU It's a matter of familiarity. Working together, catchers get to know what pitchers like to throw in ...
BRYAN PRICE I learned how to pitch better and how to compete better. I had a little slower velocity and learned ...
AARON COOK As a team we have to work together and play well. One day we don't throw strikes and another day giv...
CYLE HANKERD It was just a weird game. Guys couldn't throw strikes, guys who probably haven't made an error all y...
BILL PIONA That's when we play good. We don't make errors, we put the ball in play, and we throw strikes. That'...
KIRK SAARLOOS We just have to figure out who goes where in our bullpen. We got guys who just couldn't find the pla...
ERIC MCARTHUR Approach-wise, we did a little bit better as far as making him throw strikes. He's effective because...
REED JOHNSON Throw strikes down in the strike zone. A fastball up in the zone looks like a beach ball. The other ...
JEROMY PALKI When you get a lead like that early, you attack the zone, throw strikes, and force them to put the b...
CLIFF LEE After witnessing the power of the force, Luke Skywalker exclaimed, "I don't believe it!" His Jedi me...
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK When you go out there and throw strikes, no matter who you are, you're hard to beat. That's what he ...
ED EASLEY The first guy we faced was slow, and we knocked him out in the first inning because he couldn't thro...
DONNIE HASTINGS You talk to scouts and you keep hearing there is a real shortage of pitching. There's a real shortag...
BILL BAVASI Everybody knows Leo likes to throw outside, and that's what I was trying to throw, the fastball outs...
DANIEL CABRERA Once he settled in, he really did a nice job keeping Taft off balance. They're a really good fastbal...
DALE CUTSFORTH He pitched really well. His arm was a little sore Friday and that's why we took him out. He doesn't ...
CRAIG LAMBERT He's just a starting pitcher. He's got three pitches, and he can throw them all for strikes. With hi...
BRIAN MCCANN We were trying to save him for the last game. He's probably our best. He's got a slow curve, and he'...
DARRELL WILEY We had a pitch count and we felt Eddie was getting a little tired there. I think he walked three bat...
JASON BRANDT My role is to give them confidence when they get on the mound. I want them to throw strikes and get ...
DILLON GUILLORY If you go into the game thinking we are going to throw strikes every snap, we could drive ourselves ...
JOE KINES He's a guy that possesses starter stuff. He can throw multiple pitches for strikes. We've had Fausto...
ERIC WEDGE John is a very composed pitcher who loves to have the ball in pressure situations. He enjoys competi...
LEE MEYER Maybe the long inning bothered him, maybe he got tired. But no excuses, when you're up 20 runs, you ...
DARRELL BUTLER He's got a good mentality about himself. He's able to throw strikes no matter what the situation is....
MITCH ASHMORE Every Sunday night I have a Cinderella moment when the clock strikes 12 and I have to go back to sla...
TANYA HUBRACK Byrd threw good today. He had a lot of strikes and his command was better than it had been in his la...
JOEL SKINNER It helps me work on maybe moving the ball around a little bit as opposed to trying to throw strikes....
BRITTANY STANLEY It is a really big deal to throw strikes in high school baseball. Walks are so big, and it was nice ...
JEFF MYAER When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out...
DREW POMERANZ I was battling that at-bat. I had two strikes and some runners on base. I was just trying to hit the...
CHRIS AGUILA The kids had a good practice on Tuesday, they let it all out. They're resilient. It was very importa...
BRIAN WHELAN We've been using (Lucier) in relief. He has the ability to throw a number of pitches for strikes. He...
GREG KING
The Empire strikes back. GEORGE LUCAS It's still a work in progress. Not having a preseason game hurt us. We've got a bunch of kids who ca...
JEFF FINCH I tried to throw a fastball inside, and the ball kind of slipped out of my hand where I didn't want ...
CARLOS ZAMBRANO
He's a dead-pull hitter. Leave it to me to get him to go the other way with what I throw. KENNY ROGERS
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