“He had the best slider I've seen him have in four years. It looked like a fastball before you swung, then it just dropped.”
Brandon Inge
“Tonight, it looked like a fastball, ... and as soon as you swung, the bottom dropped out of it.”
“The game always looks better when you hit. Guys swung at pitches in the zone that they liked.”
Joe Girardi
“Rudy has a great slider and changeup to go with that fastball. He did a great job pitching to Bonds. Any time you strike that guy out, you've done something.”
Ramon Hernandez
“Rudy has a great slider and changeup to go with that fastball, ... He did a great job pitching to Bonds. Any time you strike that guy out, you've done something.”
“I know him, ... He throws a fastball away and then he comes in with a slider. I was ready for a slider, and he hung one.”
Ramon Castro
“He had a hard slider and was working in and out with his fastball. Give him credit: He hit his spots.”
Herman Demmink
