“Doubleday’s First Law, which states that if you throw a fastball with insufficient speed, someone will smack it out of the park… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
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
Kerry Wood had the best fastball. He threw one at my kneecaps once. I don't know how I jackknifed away. He might… — Chipper Jones 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
I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball. — Cy Young Copy Share Image
I'm a fastball hitter. It's no secret I'm looking for a fastball every pitch. I think it's one of the hardest things… — Carlos Delgado Copy Share Image
Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches. — Dennis Eckersley 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'm a power guy. Good fastball. A knuckle curve, which I can throw for strikes. A changeup which sinks down and away… — Justin Verlander Copy Share Image
Cleaning up that lack of the definition between the two, and then leaning on the four-seam, having it become my primary fastball… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
The last start of spring training, my (cut fastball) was okay. It just wasn't what I wanted it to be. I tried… — Roy Halladay 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
It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the… — Steve Carlton Copy Share Image
In my opinion, nothing is going to break as much as Sandy Koufax's curveball. Out of his hand, it seemed just like… — Max Fried Copy Share Image
The foundation is spotting my fastball, early in counts and especially if I fall behind. — Patrick Corbin Copy Share Image
I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did… — Ted Lyons 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
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
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster. — Joe Adcock 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
“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
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
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. — Casey Stengel 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
I love the slider. I'll throw it anytime. It helps the curve. The last five feet, it dives toward the left-handed hitter's… — Kerry Wood Copy Share Image
That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball,… — Jake Arrieta 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 think that is one thing I've picked up: follow a routine, be consistent, and everything is going to fall in place.… — Aaron Judge Copy Share Image
If you are facing a guy with a high walk rate, shrink the zone a little bit. If another pitcher has a… — Marcus Semien Copy Share Image
My changeup looks like a fastball, but one goes straight and the other goes away from the righthanded hitter. Sometimes it cuts… — Johan Santana Copy Share Image
With two strikes I'm not really as worried about power. And it allows me to get to an inside fastball and still… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
Im a power guy. Good fastball. A knuckle curve, which I can throw for strikes. A change up which sinks down and… — Justin Verlander Copy Share Image
(Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge… — Ira Berkow Copy Share Image
