I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You… — Roger Clemens Copy Share Image
I'm just ready for my fastball, every time. They hang it, I've just got to put a good swing on it. — Fernando Tatis Jr Copy Share Image
I guess I prefer the laughs. I couldn't do a whole set of just shocks, but I like throwing a fastball inside… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The last batter to hit, blast shattered your hip, Smash any splitter or fastball-that'll be it. — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself. — Dan Quisenberry Copy Share Image
That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
If you can constantly just put pressure on all four quadrants, it gives you a little more leverage to be able to… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks… — Dizzy Dean Copy Share Image
Once you hit the fastball good, you know they're going to try to attack you maybe a little different. When you hit… — Tommy Pham Copy Share Image
“Bruce Sutter and his new pitch, the split finger fastball, fascinate the manager of the Cuban national teams. 'We must find out… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm,… — Phil Niekro Copy Share Image
When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider. Then, I'd pick up… — Stan Musial Copy Share Image
I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw… — Johan Santana Copy Share Image
Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning, — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
“Only a psychological freak could approach a 100-mph fastball aimed not all that far from his head with total confidence. “Lenny” — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The biggest thing was just working on fastball location and getting ahead of guys. — Patrick Corbin Copy Share Image
I lost the good stuff on my fastball. I had to come up with something to keep me in the league. The… — Ted Lyons Copy Share Image
I want to throw a faster fastball. I want a sharper curve. I want to improve all my pitches. — Yu Darvish Copy Share Image
Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard. — Zack Greinke Copy Share Image
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
“The guy is a douche of the highest order. Baseball justice is a fastball inside. You know that as well as I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around. — Luis Tiant Copy Share Image
Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself. — Dan Quisenberry Copy Share Image
When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's. — Tommy John Copy Share Image
The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless. — Josh Beckett Copy Share Image
Just plate discipline and hitting the fastball. I think that those are always the keys for me. — Marcus Semien Copy Share Image
I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my… — Steve Carlton Copy Share Image
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster. — Joe Adcock Copy Share Image
I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays.… — Phil Niekro Copy Share Image
John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really… — Jorge Posada Copy Share Image
If you can't see the rotation and tell if it's a sink - a fastball, then you have to be able to… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
Everybody here has the ability to throw a fastball down and away or throw a breaking ball in the dirt for a… — Jake Arrieta Copy Share Image
I kept listening in the minor leagues, and even earlier than that, people would say, 'If you don't hit the fastball, you're… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball.… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. I hit 70 one time… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
No matter how hard you throw it or what you've got out there, you've just got to find a way to compete.… — Chris Sale Copy Share Image
