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DAVID ECKSTEIN I had two strikes, and I'm just looking to get the barrel on it and make something happen. I was abl...
CHAD TRACY With two strikes, that was a big homer. Anytime you see a guy do that with two strikes it's a plus.
CARL HUNCKLER My role is to give them confidence when they get on the mound. I want them to throw strikes and get ...
DILLON GUILLORY I was just hitting. With two strikes, you just go up there and battle. That's what you do against a ...
GRADY SIZEMORE![]()
Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.
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CHRIS AGUILA His only downfall was walking Nuñez, and then he hit Luna with two strikes. You expect when you get...
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JAMIE BRYANT I figured with two strikes that I didn't have a lot to lose, ... With (Travis) Hafner up there I had...
GRADY SIZEMORE I figured with two strikes that I didn't have a lot to lose, ... With (Travis) Hafner up there I had...
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CONNIE MACK They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing....
JOSE OQUENDO I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
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TED LILLY But you don't strike out until after you get to two strikes. He does best when he's thinking small a...
JEFF MANTO I'm very pleased, it was 1-1 at time and to get two and give us a two-goal cushion was great, as was...
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BOB BRUGLIO Everything was going fine. Then I walked the leadoff batter, and that's never good. I still felt lik...
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DONALD YOUNG You feel like you should get two points in a game like that. (The winning goal) hit my stick. I trie...
ADAM MUNRO Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.
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The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And tha...
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BILLY HALL You want one to two true pitchers that can beat anybody and six arms that can throw strikes.
TIM SAUNDERS A lot of guys have success off him early in the count. If he gets two strikes on you, he picks at th...
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about the...
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WOODY ALLEN![]()
We're mainly trying to figure it out (based on who plays different) golf balls. I think it's importa...
MIKE WEIR![]()
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ANDY HALLETT![]()
A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The t...
STAN MUSIAL I was just happy with how aggressive we were at the plate in the second game. It seems like we had t...
ERIC MCARTHUR I've never really had problems controlling my temper. I am an intense guy on the football field, and...
BILL ROMANOWSKI I take a lot of pride in (not walking hitters). Early in the year, it was really getting me in troub...
DAN HAREN We couldn't get the bunt down and then Brittany had two strikes and hit the ball hard, but it ended ...
MARISSA CHOVANEC I've had a hard time the last two weeks. I was on suicide watch for a couple of weeks there. I sat i...
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LEE GUERRERA The defense has had the backs against the wall and gave up some points in the first half (the past t...
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JASON BRANDT I keep telling everyone, I've never been the type of guy who can take two shots and I'm going to hit...
CLIFFORD ROBINSON That's something I'm going to remember. It'll just push me to get better and better. I just tried to...
IAIN SEBASTIAN When you get punched in the gut there are two ways you can react. You can put your fists up and figh...
STEVE RODECAP Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. Tha...
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MIKE MARTZ We've got to find a way to get up on teams, stay up on them, not get too excited and put them away.
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I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them.
BETTY GRABLE I couldn't throw strikes early and when I did they were sitting on it,
ERIK BEDARD
DAVID ECKSTEIN I had two strikes, and I'm just looking to get the barrel on it and make something happen. I was abl...
CHAD TRACY With two strikes, that was a big homer. Anytime you see a guy do that with two strikes it's a plus.
CARL HUNCKLER My role is to give them confidence when they get on the mound. I want them to throw strikes and get ...
DILLON GUILLORY I was just hitting. With two strikes, you just go up there and battle. That's what you do against a ...
GRADY SIZEMORE
Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire. ROBERT SMITH I was battling that at-bat. I had two strikes and some runners on base. I was just trying to hit the...
CHRIS AGUILA His only downfall was walking Nuñez, and then he hit Luna with two strikes. You expect when you get...
PHIL GARNER If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.
ROGER CLEMENS I had two strikes on me, so I was really just trying to put the ball in play somehow. I got the bat ...
MARQUEZ SMITH When I have two strikes, I feel free, ... My job is to make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches, and ...
DAVID ECKSTEIN We've been working a lot with hitting with runners in scoring position and two-strike hitting and th...
MARCUS MARINGOLA Hayley had two strikes on her, and I told her she needed to just center up. And she ended up with a ...
LORI ALEXANDER Both of those two have had a good spring. When you see things on film that they do wrong, they try t...
JAMIE BRYANT I figured with two strikes that I didn't have a lot to lose, ... With (Travis) Hafner up there I had...
GRADY SIZEMORE I figured with two strikes that I didn't have a lot to lose, ... With (Travis) Hafner up there I had...
GRADY SIZEMORE They don't get any tougher than that. Two outs, two strikes in the ninth.
LLOYD MCCLENDON I thought we did an awesome job batting with two strikes. We put the ball in play.
BOB KITTLE
You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own. CONNIE MACK They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing....
JOSE OQUENDO I knew I had a base open, so I was trying to get him to roll over on a pitch, or if I got two strike...
TOM GORDON When you get a lead like that early, you attack the zone, throw strikes, and force them to put the b...
CLIFF LEE I've been patient. If it's not my pitch, I'm not going to swing at it, unless I get two strikes.
ANDRUW JONES I was finally able to get the curve ball over for strikes, ... I wasn't able to do that my last two ...
TED LILLY But you don't strike out until after you get to two strikes. He does best when he's thinking small a...
JEFF MANTO I'm very pleased, it was 1-1 at time and to get two and give us a two-goal cushion was great, as was...
FRANK LAMPARD Hey, you can't take anything away from Lakewood Ranch. They put their bats on the ball, threw strike...
BOB BRUGLIO Everything was going fine. Then I walked the leadoff batter, and that's never good. I still felt lik...
BRAD HALSEY Just getting ahead early, I think, was a big key. We came out kind of flat the first two innings. We...
DAMON SUBLETT You really have nothing to lose in that situation. I choked up a little bit, especially with two str...
RICH AURILIA We had to get a key hit there. If you asked me the two guys I wanted up, it'd be those two guys - it...
FRED HILL You don't expect a guy to steal with two strikes. I should have used my mind a little more and thoug...
DUSTIN MCGOWAN We were a little behind in the first couple of innings. So I told the girls to be more aggressive. Y...
DON MENGES 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 was really trying to get a ground-ball double play. But once I got to two strikes, my mentality ch... JUSTIN VERLANDER When you have guys ahead of you who get on base, I don't care what spot you're hitting in, you want ...
JEFF CONINE After that (home run) I tried to put up zeroes, work fast, change speeds and throw strikes.
ERIC MILTON It's scary when you first put them up because you don't know where you're going to get hit. You migh...
BOB SCUCCI When I'm up on them, they play better, ... When I was up two set points in my pro match, they had tw...
DONALD YOUNG
When I was forty and looking at sixty, it seemed like a thousand miles away. But sixty-two feels lik... HARRY BELAFONTE I was hurting on pitching with two pitchers missing so I threw Grant out there and he did great -- h...
CRAIG LAMBERT Two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the ninth and Gore gets a hit,
DICK DURBIN I wrote 'Marvels,' which was about a guy who had two daughters, and I wrote 'Astro City ...
KURT BUSIEK When I'm up on them [the pros], they play better. When I was up two set points in my pro match, he h...
DONALD YOUNG You feel like you should get two points in a game like that. (The winning goal) hit my stick. I trie...
ADAM MUNRO Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.
BILL TERRY There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two s...
WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT There are two births: the one when lightFirst strikes the new awakened sense;The other when two soul...
WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT
The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And tha... TED OLSON We're going to put it on those two guys, but frankly, I think there are some other guys that can ste...
VIC KOENNING
I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was... EARL CAMPBELL I get most of my ideas while lying in bed in the dark. When ideas strikes me, I turn on my flashligh...
LORRIN L. LEE
Their pitcher was settling down and getting into a groove. There were two outs, Chris had two strike... BRIAN CARTER Really I wasn't looking for a particular pitch. Just up in the zone where I could get a fly ball. On...
BILLY HALL You want one to two true pitchers that can beat anybody and six arms that can throw strikes.
TIM SAUNDERS A lot of guys have success off him early in the count. If he gets two strikes on you, he picks at th...
CODY RANSOM The guy is drinking. He was harassing. You put two and two together.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN
I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about the... VICTORIA PENDLETON He's the first guy that touches the ball. He's a threat to run and to pass. He's been their go-to gu...
DAN OLSON I was just walking up to the workshop one day and I plucked two gum leaves and I put them on the tab...
DAN FLYNN
If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take tw... WOODY ALLEN
We're mainly trying to figure it out (based on who plays different) golf balls. I think it's importa... MIKE WEIR
If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions ... MILAN KUNDERA He was frustrated. He bowled 60 frames today and spared or struck in 57 of them. He had two splits a...
JAY LINDSEY Logan is throwing the ball very well. In two outings he's given up 4 or 5 hits with 17 strikeouts. W...
ANDY HALLETT
A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The t... STAN MUSIAL I was just happy with how aggressive we were at the plate in the second game. It seems like we had t...
ERIC MCARTHUR I've never really had problems controlling my temper. I am an intense guy on the football field, and...
BILL ROMANOWSKI I take a lot of pride in (not walking hitters). Early in the year, it was really getting me in troub...
DAN HAREN We couldn't get the bunt down and then Brittany had two strikes and hit the ball hard, but it ended ...
MARISSA CHOVANEC I've had a hard time the last two weeks. I was on suicide watch for a couple of weeks there. I sat i...
D.J. TRAHAN It's about as bad as it gets. Those are the last two guys in the world you want to face with a guy o...
JAY PAYTON I was down in the count and I was looking for an outside pitch with two strikes and I got an outside...
LEE GUERRERA The defense has had the backs against the wall and gave up some points in the first half (the past t...
JEFF ROPER We have to learn that when you get a team on the ropes, you have to put them away. The biggest thing...
TOM ARMSTRONG
If I find a good pair of jeans, I'll buy two, and get them hemmed to my height, and then I'l... JENNA USHKOWITZ They were trying to pull the flagpole back off the lines. I heard a loud pop that sounded like a fir...
JAMES SNIDER Last year I had them play doubles at tournaments, (and during conference matches) I put them at one ...
DEBBIE ASHENBRENNER Joey and Josh both threw strikes, but you can't have five errors and expect to win.
BRIAN SHIPLEY I saw Sinatra and the Pope on TV when I was two and said 'Who's that guy with Frank Sinatra?'
ROSEANNE Those guys hit so well with two strikes. We were throwing pitches five inches off the plate and they...
CHANCE WHEELESS
If you want to be a professional writer then you need to write consistently. Inspiration strikes abo... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI I wanted to stimulate thought instead of throwing things out or try to give a perspective. I just pu...
KRIST NOVOSELIC I was asked, 'Are you worried about bringing it home?' No, I've got $500 in the thing. If it turns i...
DAVE POPIELARZ Offensively we came alive. All our guys produced tonight. I think every guy in our lineup got on bas...
JASON BRANDT I keep telling everyone, I've never been the type of guy who can take two shots and I'm going to hit...
CLIFFORD ROBINSON That's something I'm going to remember. It'll just push me to get better and better. I just tried to...
IAIN SEBASTIAN When you get punched in the gut there are two ways you can react. You can put your fists up and figh...
STEVE RODECAP Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. Tha...
ODALIS PEREZ I think he's on a par with our other two. I think he's a guy on that level.
MIKE MARTZ We've got to find a way to get up on teams, stay up on them, not get too excited and put them away.
ISAIAH STANBACK [--] You need to add a 40-home-run guy and a guy who hits .310, that's two hitters, ... You need to ...
ERIC GAGNE And I had to tell every one of them two things. One, I thanked them for their sacrifice, but also re...
LAURA BUSH He took a couple of hits both on the face and in the head, I thought it was best for us not to take ...
FLIP SAUNDERS
Cardio is a nice way to start the morning, man. Whether you sit on the bike for half an hour or thro... ANTHONY JOSHUA And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power ...
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MARY ANN MOBLEY I was so happy when I looked up and saw two minutes left on the clock. We had been up all game, but ...
LONNIE BARTLEY
I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them. BETTY GRABLE I couldn't throw strikes early and when I did they were sitting on it,
ERIK BEDARD
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