Quote by Xavi Hernandez

Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen…

— Joe Torre

We weren't trying to walk him; he just wouldn't swing at any bad pitches.

— Bobby Cox

I wasn't going to send him back out for eight more pitches.

— Xavi Hernandez

I don't really know how many pitches I threw. It's kind of what I usually do in a bullpen, minus about, I had a…

— Clayton Kershaw

I think the important thing now, getting closer to the pitch counts, it feels like I got something left. I felt I could have…

— Roy Halladay

He's a little deceiving. He doesn't have a real good arm slot as far as trying to pick the ball up out of his…

— Craig Biggio

Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.

— Don Cooper

I felt good in the bullpen and even when we came out in the first inning I felt fairly good.

— Cat Osterman

There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen, but he's obscured by his number.

— Jerry Coleman

Early in the count, before two strikes, I'm not going to be as aggressive on certain pitches.

— Brandon Crawford

When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

— Dennis Eckersley

In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I…

— Ben Zobrist