“I was just wild. Everything was middle of the plate. It happens. But my teammates supported me. They came through today.”
Brad Penny
“I left a lot of pitches down the middle of the plate. They are a good team and they hit them.”
Erik Bedard
“He was making pitches over the corners, not over the middle of the plate.”
Ned Yost
“There's a half-inch metal plate behind that pad, and he hit that pad with his middle knuckle and broke a bone in his hand. He hit it again, and blood started squirting out. Boy, I can tell you he had our attention from then on.”
Bob Lilly
“We don't have any problem supporting those candidates. We are very happy some stepped up to the plate and ran.”
Bill Bird
“He has to learn that a 95 mph pitch in the middle of the plate is not a good pitch.”
Bryan Price
“If you think he's tipping, you get it fixed. But if you're throwing it middle of the plate, he's not tipping pitches. They're hitting bad pitches.”
Burt Hooton