Fastball Quotes
40 quotes by 35 authors
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I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw…
— Hank Aaron
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(Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge for a third…
— Ira Berkow
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When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's.
— Tommy John
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The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.
— Luis Tiant
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I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of…
— Stan Musial
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It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the plate (hopefully). Just…
— Steve Carlton
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I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at release.
— Steve Carlton
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It's not fear of striking out that makes me reluctant to step up to the plate. It's the fear of getting hit in the head…
— Jim Copeland
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I try to do two things: locate my fastball and change speeds. That's it. I try to keep as simple as possible. I just throw…
— Greg Maddux
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I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks like a change…
— Dizzy Dean
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The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All…
— Dizzy Dean
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The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's…
— Greg Maddux
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John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didnt use it…
— Jorge Posada
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Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.
— Warren Spahn
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Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning,
— Bob Feller
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I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. I hit 70 one time on a radar…
— Ben Gibbard
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Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.
— Dennis Eckersley
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I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.
— Chili Davis
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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
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I may be wearing makeup, but I can throw a fastball by you at the same time.
— Jennie Finch
Who Wrote These Fastball Quotes
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