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You want a straight change-up that has the same spin as a fastball. You actually want the hitter to hit it but be off balance.

Bill Bryk

He pitched backwards to me: first the sliders, then the fastball.

Alejandro Freire

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

Tom Seaver

I tried to get him out with a high fastball. It didn't work.

Duaner Sanchez

Eric did a great job out there for us. He was able to locate his cutter and fastball where he needed to to be effective.

Marty Smith

They hit every fastball he threw. When you spot somebody 10 runs, it is pretty tough to win.

Danny Hall

I was looking for the fastball. When I hit it I thought I had hit it out. But this is a tough ballpark to hit it out of.

Cory Sullivan

It was a fastball up. The big thing is I threw without pain. I'll go out there again in two days and see what I can do.

Steve Karsay

He mixed his pitches well. He's probably got a fastball better than we've seen this year.

Jim Gaylor

I got a little lucky. It was a fastball outside and I went with it.

Patrick Arnold

The whole world can hit a fastball if it's in the right place. I just try to change it up.

Felix Hernandez

My fastball was working today, but I was not throwing anything else for strikes.

Bryan Brainer

It was a fastball up and in. I was just ready.

Scott Schneider

He threw the ball well. He was able to use all his pitches, his slider, his changeup and his fastball.

Bill Evers

My mechanics were good. I had command of my fastball ... I was changing speeds.

Kelvim Escobar

This was 10 times better than my last start. My location on my fastball was much, much better.

Adam Eaton

One mistake is all it takes with these kind of bats. It was supposed to be a fastball in, but it wasn't in enough.

Stephen Faris

He was battling. He was throwing strikes and he had a lot of pop on his fastball. He was locating it really well.

Roger Ortmeier

Matt really cut loose on his fastball tonight.

Mike Hemming

That was a terrible pitch. I left a fastball up and he made me pay for it.

Brian Harrington

Telling you what he thinks of his fastball.

Jeff Francis

We definitely see him having a chance of being a back-of-the-bullpen guy. He has a plus-plus fastball.

Mike Arbuckle

I threw all my pitches that were ready today. My fastball command was good, and that's key for me.

Aaron Heilman

I pitched alright because I didn't really have the off -speed pitch, but my fastball was better than most days.

Ike Davis

Although she doesn't have the fastball of Candace, she has shown great control and composure.

George Daniels

Michael White is probably the most-decorated pitcher to every pitch fastball.

Denny Bruckert

He was spotting the outside fastball and they were going after it.

Matt Holm

The only thing I'd say that's left is that his command of his fastball, slider and split is a hair off.

Gil Patterson

You might say he didn't get a chance because his fastball wasn't fast enough, or his curveball wasn't crisp enough, ... But he can do a lot of things.

Gil Patterson

His out pitch is a fastball. You have to have a third pitch at this level.

Mike Frosco

One thing I've been focused on was my changeup. I got drafted on my curve, but I'm going to get to the big leagues by throwing my changeup and fastball with command and confidence.

Lance Broadway

I was very confident with my fastball. I felt if I walked him I'm out of the game.

Bruce Chen

It was a middle-in fastball -- my favorite pitch.

Patrick Hughes

I just had to stay calm. He threw me an inside fastball and I turned on it.

Mike Felix

I was the one who made the mistake. He hit a fastball. It wasn't a good pitch.

Fernando Cabrera

Here it is, hit it, ... Everything was hard, hard, hard, so it was get it ready early. I was looking fastball every pitch.

Sean Burroughs

It was a fastball up and in. We were playing the infield in, so I was trying to keep him in the infield. But he cheated a little bit and got to it.

Pedro Martinez

It was a 3-2 fastball up in the zone. He did a good job on (it).

Bryan Henry

I was looking for that pitch, a fastball. I didn't try to do much. I just tried to hit the ball.

Claudio Vargas

Talk about command ? he was in command all day. We established the fastball early. That made the pitches after that all that much better.

Geovany Soto

He's still got a blazing fastball.

Frank Thomas

It was a first-pitch fastball, and I was able to get around on it.

Dillon Guillory

Tonight, it looked like a fastball, ... and as soon as you swung, the bottom dropped out of it.

Brandon Inge

His change-up was really working well. When he has that working with his fastball, it's a pretty good combination.

Frank Permuy

He had a good fastball, actually added a couple of mph to his fastball.

Tye Waller

A fastball inside, that's how you get him out. I didn't think it was a bad pitch.

Kelvim Escobar

It was a good day. My fastball I was able to locate and keep them off-balance.

Rick Helling

Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner and you know what I'll do to that, ... Fences.

Charles S. Dutton

A fastball down to Chipper and that was it. It wasn't belt high or anything like that.

Steve Trachsel

There's going to be times you're going to erratic with your fastball, times when the curveball is not going to be there.

Scott Williamson

He was spotting his fastball really well.

Jim Smith

I was just aggressive in that situation, ... He threw me a fastball and I went with it.

Vinny Castilla

The 2-2 pitch was pretty close, ... The 3-2 fastball wasn't.

Jeff Nelson

You have to gear up for his fastball.

Chris Woodward

He had a flat fastball, it was nothing special. We just didn't hit the ball.

Daniel Price

He threw well. Was ahead in the count most of the night. He had good movement on his fastball and his curveball was effective this evening as well.

Mike Reagan

He has a good calming effect. He has an excellent fastball, changes speed. He's a guy we needed in there.

Ricky Crawford

Braden got ahead in the count and that's a situation where he can really be aggressive and look for a fastball.

Buddy Gouldsmith

In situations, his change-up was his best pitch. He also had location early on his fastball.

Neil Allen

It was one of those things -- when it got to be 2-0, I wanted to see a fastball and get a hack on it.

Bobby Kielty

That's the way you're supposed to hit a 3-1 fastball.

Rocket Wheeler

He did a good job of moving his fastball around and mixing in his curveball.

Matt Magee

It was a fastball and it was really windy today. I got enough metal on it to get it over.

Ben Pearce