Action Quote by Tim Hudson

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, it plays…

— Jake Arrieta

Once you hit the fastball good, you know they're going to try to attack you maybe a little different. When you hit the breaking…

— Tommy Pham

I think that's kind of the biggest thing is keying in on your pitch and not trying to hit a home run. I've caught…

— Kyle Schwarber

Baseball is an everyday sport if you want to stay sharp.

— Mark Schlereth

Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in other sports,…

— Roger Angell

My best pitch is my fastball. It's probably the most difficult pitch to hit. In my case, batters have very little reaction time.

— Aroldis Chapman

The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.

— Josh Beckett

The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.

— Luis Tiant

Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.

— Zack Greinke

The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing that makes the arm stronger.

— Juan Marichal

A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and…

— Warren Spahn

When you are playing regularly, you feel a lot sharper on the pitch.

— Danny Welbeck