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KELLY JONES In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field...
KEN HARRELSON She's exciting to watch because you never know if she's going to hit a single to left, a double off ...
BRIAN KOLZE He reached in my car, unlocked the door, ripped me out of the car and he actually threw me on the gr...
ROBERT GRIFFIN He was throwing every pitch for a strike, and he threw it at the right spot.
ADAM EVERETT I usually try not to hit it over the fence. The first pitch, I look for it to be perfect and I just ...
BRIANNE FARMER Apparently it wasn't that secure and we'll have to work on that. They didn't enter the property, the...
DENNIS SUMMERS Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked ...
BOB THOMAS They hit a weak ground ball right up the middle, and nobody could get to it. I made my pitch, they j...
CHAD QUALLS I knew he was struggling a little bit. Against (Ryan) Wilkes, ahead of me, he was staying outside pr...
ANTONE DEJESUS He threw the ball real well. He came in a crucial situation. Still, there are a couple of things tha...
JAMEY SHOUPPE The New Yorker is open, just like the New York Yankees are open. All you have to do is hit it over t...
BOB MANKOFF It's a game of inches, and he hit it over the fence. It's one of them things. We battled. The best t...
KYLE FARNSWORTH I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ...
JASON BRANDT He gave me a good pitch and I hit a double -- it was my best at-bat of the day.
PEDRO FELIZ It was a bad pitch. I left a cutter up. It was a mistake and he just put it over the right-field fen...
D.J. CARRASCO He threw me an inside fast ball and I pulled it. At first, I thought it was just going to be a hit t...
CURTIS JOHNSON He threw a fastball and I got lucky. I think he hit my bat rather than me hitting the pitch.
ERIC MUNSON He got a pitch out over the plate -- probably a mistake -- and I hit it on a line. Hit it high here,...
BRIAN GILES He didn't pitch that bad. He threw strikes, and that's the key for him. He didn't get hit hard at al...
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BOB THOMAS I threw a curve ball and I hung it and he (Buchanan) hit it right.
CHRIS BEAVER An individual threw the suspicious package over the north fence line. He is in custody.
TOM MAZUR Morgan hit a good pitch, I thought. He hit it a long way to the opposite field. [On Ausmus' homer], ...
JASON ISRINGHAUSEN Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, thr...
PEDRO MARTINEZ We sustained damage to the outfield fence. Both the center field and the right field fence had damag...
JOE GOTTFRIED I didn't think Hollins had a chance at that ball. I'll be honest with you. I was hoping it would bou...
LOU PINIELLA He gives up a base hit, no big deal. He gives up another hit, no big deal. Next pitch, groundball, d...
DANNY ARDOIN What we to tell him is basically he has no control over who comes or what goes on outside these whit...
COOPER FARRIS 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 first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE We kind of threw that flag hoping the ball hit the ground. And fortunately for instant replay (it di...
JON GRUDEN Ross (Robinson) is insane! Once, when we were recording here, he threw a potted plant at me. It expl...
JOEY JORDISON Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and los...
BILLY SYLVESTER I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the...
BRUCE SUTTER (Douglas) hit the ball well against a pretty good pitcher. (Cutler) threw the ball well. He struck o...
ROB HASTINGS It started to loosen with each hit. We were popping up, and everyone wanted to hit one over the fenc...
CARLY HAMILTON He killed the goat and drug it over to the fence, but it's a woven wire fence so he couldn't drag it...
ERIC WENUM Travis was pitching well and Mitch Powell (freshman) hit a double that one-hopped the left field fen...
TONY ERNESTO![]()
Yeah, it looked like it was a good pitch. He hit his spot and obviously you think the catcher is goi...
VERNON WELLS He leaned out over the plate and yanked it over first base. It's an OK pitch selection, an OK pitch ...
WILL OHMAN Statistically, in his case, that's what's very important, get to first base. I don't care how you ge...
JIM TRACY That pitch was four inches off the ground, ... That's a good pitch. He put the bat on the ball, got ...
BRANDON CLAUSSEN They hit every fastball he threw.
DANNY HALL It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the...
BRUCE SUTTER He made a very good pitch to Linden. In other circumstances, it's a bat that's broken in half and a ...
JIM TRACY There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the Whi...
WAITE HOYT He (Welch) missed an extra point, and he missed a 40-yarder early in the fourth quarter. But he conn...
ERIC RICE The [Mike]McCarthy kid threw well for Lyman Hall. And West Haven threw their best pitchers at us.
BRIAN GOUIN He hit it with a hammer, and a sliver of metal came and hit him in the right eye. He had a pretty mi...
BILL BECKER They don't have any weaknesses. You try to stop them inside and they kick it out, and they were hitt...
HEATHER EZELL 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 I'm looking for a good pitch to hit, something that he'll leave over the plate. He just did a good j...
JOHN OLERUD I just reared back and threw it. My teammates helped me out tonight. They hit the ball pretty good.
CHRIS BEAVER He is lucky because he's got the horses. He's got kids that can hit and field and he doesn't really ...
BILL KILDUFF The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Ever...
JAMES ADKINS He was the difference in the game. He hit everything they threw at him. I'm really happy for Jeff.
DAN AVERY I threw one pitch, and she was waiting for it and rocked me.
ASHLEY HOBBS Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.
JOHN W. RAPER He pitched well. R.A. had good command, and he threw 14 out of 21 first pitch strikes. That's impres...
BUCK SHOWALTER The first pitch he threw went back to the screen.
LARRY BEINFEST It seemed like every pitch he threw today was on the corner. He just did a fantastic job.
KYLE NELSON I did see Mickey hit one that almost cleared the roof in right field, ... There's a facade hanging d...
BOB SHEPPARD He's got a good arm; he can throw in the 90s. He was nervous and tight. He didn't pitch, he threw.
CHUCK HARTMAN It was a little cutter, middle-in, and I had been looking for it, ... He threw it to me last time we...
JASON LANE![]()
The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't get out and those outside don't want ...
ARTHUR BRISBANE We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Well, she hit it so high that I didn't know if it was going to go over the fence. Then, when it fina...
BILL FETTERS 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 Not one single kid threw it to the ground, and after a while they were coming up to me, asking for t...
LUCINDA PERRY It was against Tampa. I threw a pitch and felt something that wasn't right. [The] next morning I wok...
LOGAN KENSING He threw a first-pitch fastball. I was looking for it, just wanted to start us off on a rally.
COREY ROSS If I threw him 15 balls, he hit 14 of them solid. He was right on.
DAVE PETROSKY You don't see many 6-6 receivers who can jump like he can. It's kind of like a bail out for 50 yards...
DREW WEATHERFORD [Shields had walked Gary Sheffield on four pitches and Hideki Matsui on a 3-2 pitch to load the base...
ROBINSON CANO We're playing pretty good right now. We just got careless and threw the ball away (in the fourth qua...
HARRY MASCH I think sometimes there is no right thing.
ROSAMUND HODGE It was more scary for us that they didn't have a field-goal kicker. On fourth-and-long, they were go...
DAMIAN HARRELL (Francoeur is) unbelievable. I forgot the kind of pop he has. When he first hit it, I thought it was...
ADAM LAROCHE It was a great pitch. It was the right pitch. He just went out of the strike zone to get it. That's ...
JOE MAYS I missed my pitch. When you do that and leave a ball over the plate, they're going to hit it.
MARIANO RIVERA They recognized Mike playing like a man. He just goes out and does it, they recognized that.
DAVE HANSEN The little things are making a big difference for us right now. Actually, what we have been working ...
KORY SHILES It's always embarrassing to come off the field, especially before throwing your first pitch, ... I w...
JASON SCHMIDT I was trying to hit the ball hard somewhere. He threw me a ball that I could handle and I hit it har...
VINNY CASTILLA It's amazing for a guy hitting with a double ear flap. I didn't know if he hit left-handed or right-...
KEN GRIFFEY JR. That was probably my most solid hit in the past year. It hit right on the sweet spot and I thought I...
ASHLEY GUILE I've been trying to hit the ball to right field. When I try to pull the ball, I hit foul balls. When...
JOSE LOPEZ Confidence oozed out of him. He took something away from you even before you threw a pitch [About Te...
GENE CONLEY I had it in the palm of my glove, ... but my wrist hit the top of the fence and knocked it out.
BRIAN GILES [Clemens, a right-handed hitter with power to all fields, has hit over .300 with Greeneville and bel...
KOBY CLEMENS![]()
It's over, Sam. Finally."
"Yeah," he said. "I guess it is."
"Turn out the light, Sam."
MICHAEL GRANT We hit on Monday, but that was it because there's no roof (on the batting cage). We couldn't take gr...
COREY ISHIGO I like the way he goes about his business. He goes right after the hitters and when his breaking bal...
BUTCH HOBSON She put a good swing on it and that's what happens when there's no fence out there. She hit the ball...
LORI BLADE I'm the eternal pessimist, (so) of course it was a hit. I had it going to the fence. He got a good b...
JOEL HAWKINS He?s going to leave the park if he swings at good balls. He just hit through that pitch. It was alre...
CHARLIE MANUEL Baumgartner looked like it got stuck to his stick, like he double hit it, and it came right to me. I...
DAVID LEGWAND
LOU PINIELLA I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field...
KEN HARRELSON She's exciting to watch because you never know if she's going to hit a single to left, a double off ...
BRIAN KOLZE He reached in my car, unlocked the door, ripped me out of the car and he actually threw me on the gr...
ROBERT GRIFFIN He was throwing every pitch for a strike, and he threw it at the right spot.
ADAM EVERETT I usually try not to hit it over the fence. The first pitch, I look for it to be perfect and I just ...
BRIANNE FARMER Apparently it wasn't that secure and we'll have to work on that. They didn't enter the property, the...
DENNIS SUMMERS Kline pitched well. He threw the ball over the plate and only walked two batters. I haven't checked ...
BOB THOMAS They hit a weak ground ball right up the middle, and nobody could get to it. I made my pitch, they j...
CHAD QUALLS I knew he was struggling a little bit. Against (Ryan) Wilkes, ahead of me, he was staying outside pr...
ANTONE DEJESUS He threw the ball real well. He came in a crucial situation. Still, there are a couple of things tha...
JAMEY SHOUPPE The New Yorker is open, just like the New York Yankees are open. All you have to do is hit it over t...
BOB MANKOFF It's a game of inches, and he hit it over the fence. It's one of them things. We battled. The best t...
KYLE FARNSWORTH I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ...
JASON BRANDT He gave me a good pitch and I hit a double -- it was my best at-bat of the day.
PEDRO FELIZ It was a bad pitch. I left a cutter up. It was a mistake and he just put it over the right-field fen...
D.J. CARRASCO He threw me an inside fast ball and I pulled it. At first, I thought it was just going to be a hit t...
CURTIS JOHNSON He threw a fastball and I got lucky. I think he hit my bat rather than me hitting the pitch.
ERIC MUNSON He got a pitch out over the plate -- probably a mistake -- and I hit it on a line. Hit it high here,...
BRIAN GILES He didn't pitch that bad. He threw strikes, and that's the key for him. He didn't get hit hard at al...
JOEY CORA Kline threw the ball over the plate (54 strikes out of 78 pitches) and made them hit it. He kept it ...
BOB THOMAS I threw a curve ball and I hung it and he (Buchanan) hit it right.
CHRIS BEAVER An individual threw the suspicious package over the north fence line. He is in custody.
TOM MAZUR Morgan hit a good pitch, I thought. He hit it a long way to the opposite field. [On Ausmus' homer], ...
JASON ISRINGHAUSEN Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, thr...
PEDRO MARTINEZ We sustained damage to the outfield fence. Both the center field and the right field fence had damag...
JOE GOTTFRIED I didn't think Hollins had a chance at that ball. I'll be honest with you. I was hoping it would bou...
LOU PINIELLA He gives up a base hit, no big deal. He gives up another hit, no big deal. Next pitch, groundball, d...
DANNY ARDOIN What we to tell him is basically he has no control over who comes or what goes on outside these whit...
COOPER FARRIS 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 first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one...
JERMAINE DYE We kind of threw that flag hoping the ball hit the ground. And fortunately for instant replay (it di...
JON GRUDEN Ross (Robinson) is insane! Once, when we were recording here, he threw a potted plant at me. It expl...
JOEY JORDISON Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and los...
BILLY SYLVESTER I had two at-bats against him and saw balls right over the plate. I hit them right at the end of the...
ALBERTO CONCEPCION It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the...
BRUCE SUTTER (Douglas) hit the ball well against a pretty good pitcher. (Cutler) threw the ball well. He struck o...
ROB HASTINGS It started to loosen with each hit. We were popping up, and everyone wanted to hit one over the fenc...
CARLY HAMILTON He killed the goat and drug it over to the fence, but it's a woven wire fence so he couldn't drag it...
ERIC WENUM Travis was pitching well and Mitch Powell (freshman) hit a double that one-hopped the left field fen...
TONY ERNESTO
Yeah, it looked like it was a good pitch. He hit his spot and obviously you think the catcher is goi... VERNON WELLS He leaned out over the plate and yanked it over first base. It's an OK pitch selection, an OK pitch ...
WILL OHMAN Statistically, in his case, that's what's very important, get to first base. I don't care how you ge...
JIM TRACY That pitch was four inches off the ground, ... That's a good pitch. He put the bat on the ball, got ...
BRANDON CLAUSSEN They hit every fastball he threw.
DANNY HALL It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the...
BRUCE SUTTER He made a very good pitch to Linden. In other circumstances, it's a bat that's broken in half and a ...
JIM TRACY There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the Whi...
WAITE HOYT He (Welch) missed an extra point, and he missed a 40-yarder early in the fourth quarter. But he conn...
ERIC RICE The [Mike]McCarthy kid threw well for Lyman Hall. And West Haven threw their best pitchers at us.
BRIAN GOUIN He hit it with a hammer, and a sliver of metal came and hit him in the right eye. He had a pretty mi...
BILL BECKER They don't have any weaknesses. You try to stop them inside and they kick it out, and they were hitt...
HEATHER EZELL 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 I'm looking for a good pitch to hit, something that he'll leave over the plate. He just did a good j...
JOHN OLERUD I just reared back and threw it. My teammates helped me out tonight. They hit the ball pretty good.
CHRIS BEAVER He is lucky because he's got the horses. He's got kids that can hit and field and he doesn't really ...
BILL KILDUFF The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Ever...
JAMES ADKINS He was the difference in the game. He hit everything they threw at him. I'm really happy for Jeff.
DAN AVERY I threw one pitch, and she was waiting for it and rocked me.
ASHLEY HOBBS Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.
JOHN W. RAPER He pitched well. R.A. had good command, and he threw 14 out of 21 first pitch strikes. That's impres...
BUCK SHOWALTER The first pitch he threw went back to the screen.
LARRY BEINFEST It seemed like every pitch he threw today was on the corner. He just did a fantastic job.
KYLE NELSON I did see Mickey hit one that almost cleared the roof in right field, ... There's a facade hanging d...
BOB SHEPPARD He's got a good arm; he can throw in the 90s. He was nervous and tight. He didn't pitch, he threw.
CHUCK HARTMAN It was a little cutter, middle-in, and I had been looking for it, ... He threw it to me last time we...
JASON LANE
The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't get out and those outside don't want ... ARTHUR BRISBANE We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three.
BILL FETTERS 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 Not one single kid threw it to the ground, and after a while they were coming up to me, asking for t...
LUCINDA PERRY It was against Tampa. I threw a pitch and felt something that wasn't right. [The] next morning I wok...
LOGAN KENSING He threw a first-pitch fastball. I was looking for it, just wanted to start us off on a rally.
COREY ROSS If I threw him 15 balls, he hit 14 of them solid. He was right on.
DAVE PETROSKY You don't see many 6-6 receivers who can jump like he can. It's kind of like a bail out for 50 yards...
DREW WEATHERFORD [Shields had walked Gary Sheffield on four pitches and Hideki Matsui on a 3-2 pitch to load the base...
ROBINSON CANO We're playing pretty good right now. We just got careless and threw the ball away (in the fourth qua...
HARRY MASCH I think sometimes there is no right thing.
ROSAMUND HODGE It was more scary for us that they didn't have a field-goal kicker. On fourth-and-long, they were go...
DAMIAN HARRELL (Francoeur is) unbelievable. I forgot the kind of pop he has. When he first hit it, I thought it was...
ADAM LAROCHE It was a great pitch. It was the right pitch. He just went out of the strike zone to get it. That's ...
JOE MAYS I missed my pitch. When you do that and leave a ball over the plate, they're going to hit it.
MARIANO RIVERA They recognized Mike playing like a man. He just goes out and does it, they recognized that.
DAVE HANSEN The little things are making a big difference for us right now. Actually, what we have been working ...
KORY SHILES It's always embarrassing to come off the field, especially before throwing your first pitch, ... I w...
JASON SCHMIDT I was trying to hit the ball hard somewhere. He threw me a ball that I could handle and I hit it har...
VINNY CASTILLA It's amazing for a guy hitting with a double ear flap. I didn't know if he hit left-handed or right-...
KEN GRIFFEY JR. That was probably my most solid hit in the past year. It hit right on the sweet spot and I thought I...
ASHLEY GUILE I've been trying to hit the ball to right field. When I try to pull the ball, I hit foul balls. When...
JOSE LOPEZ Confidence oozed out of him. He took something away from you even before you threw a pitch [About Te...
GENE CONLEY I had it in the palm of my glove, ... but my wrist hit the top of the fence and knocked it out.
BRIAN GILES [Clemens, a right-handed hitter with power to all fields, has hit over .300 with Greeneville and bel...
KOBY CLEMENS
It's over, Sam. Finally.""Yeah," he said. "I guess it is."
"Turn out the light, Sam."
MICHAEL GRANT We hit on Monday, but that was it because there's no roof (on the batting cage). We couldn't take gr...
COREY ISHIGO I like the way he goes about his business. He goes right after the hitters and when his breaking bal...
BUTCH HOBSON She put a good swing on it and that's what happens when there's no fence out there. She hit the ball...
LORI BLADE I'm the eternal pessimist, (so) of course it was a hit. I had it going to the fence. He got a good b...
JOEL HAWKINS He?s going to leave the park if he swings at good balls. He just hit through that pitch. It was alre...
CHARLIE MANUEL Baumgartner looked like it got stuck to his stick, like he double hit it, and it came right to me. I...
DAVID LEGWAND
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