(453 quotes found)
“Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you.”
Reggie Jackson
“I know what you're thinking, punk. He just threw three straight split-fingered fastballs at the knees. Does he have any left? Well, to tell you the truth in all the excitement, I kind of lost track myself...”
Clint Eastwood
“No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.”
Casey Stengel
“I was just aggressive in that situation, ... He threw me a fastball and I went with it.”
Vinny Castilla
“I definitely haven't forgotten that [at-bat]. It was a fastball, down and in. I wasn't really having a consistent mind-set at the time. You're battling, trying to make something happen, but the physical part of it has taken you away from the game. I definitely didn't feel I was at peak level then.”
Khalil Greene
“He pitched backwards to me: first the sliders, then the fastball.”
Alejandro Freire
“I was throwing fastballs, fastballs, fastballs. It was a good feeling.”
Akinori Otsuka
“This was 10 times better than my last start. My location on my fastball was much, much better.”
Adam Eaton
“It was a 2-1 count, so I was sitting fastball. He had just thrown me a curve. I got a knee-high fastball and hit it right on the button.”
Ben Muniz
“I've preached all year that we've got to hit the fastball better. Last year we didn't do that. There's some pretty good pitchers out there and we've got to be able to handle them.”
Barry Russell
