Sometimes I'll take a pitch right there, but with him, if he gets a strike, he's coming back with that [nasty] slider of his, ... So I was sitting dead-red, and when I got the fastball, I capitalized on it. That was definitely the biggest home run I've ever hit. It was a very emotional home run.
Bobby Kielty
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I just kind of gave in and threw him a fastball down the middle. The second one was a slider that was supposed to be down and I just left it up.
Chris Capuano
It was an easy tee-shot, but a tough putt. It was a right to left slider that I put a confident stroke to and it went in.
Ben Bershad
Over the plate, where it shouldn't have been. And pitching to Guerrero is a challenge, facing a great hitter. But he's conscious of us going in on him. He never chased a slider in the second [inning] just off the plate. Then when I came in in the third, I didn't get in far enough and he belted it.
Jeff Harris
It was a terrible pitch, a hanging slider right in the zone and he was looking for it. I should be able to get left-handed hitters out this late in a game.
Andrew Sisco
He just makes pitches when he has to. He gets himself into trouble, but he's got a slider that seems invisible to hitters.
Johnny Estrada
I don't know it's just good timing I guess. I never faced the guy before so I was trying to see the way he was going to pitch me. The first pitch was middle in, a slider. I was looking for a pitch and I hit it good. I focused just to see the ball and to try and get a good pitch.
Marco Scutaro
I stopped by Rangers camp for just two days and only pitched one of those days. I have not faced any batters, but in the bullpen, my fastball and slider look good.
Akinori Otsuka
He's a big, strong, athletic kid. He's got a good fastball with excellent movement and good sink. He's got a major-league slider. Obviously, the stuff is there and the ability is there. He needs to pitch a little bit more and get consistent outings.
Ben Cherington
I got to sleep real early last night knowing I had to be up real early this morning. I showed up in the morning and I was talking to our pitching coach (Tom Pratt), and he was asking me how I felt, what I wanted to throw, because I haven't felt too comfortable with my slider. But in the bullpen I felt like I had (the slider). I felt like I had everything.
Sean Gallagher
I was ready to pitch my game once we started. The rain was the last thing on my mind. I had a good fastball, kept the ball down in the zone, and my slider was effective early in the game.
Jose Contreras
I'm trying to figure out if I should throw a curve ball, or a slider.
Carlos Gutierrez
I think I started to mix (the slider) in a little bit late. I just figured I'd attack them with my fastball, that's my best pitch, so I figured once they proved they could hit it then I'll start mixing it up.
Brandon Erbe
He showed me his slider was his command pitch. I told him, 'You get behind in the count, throw it anyway.' He started throwing the breaking ball with the fastball.
Bob Apodaca
I was a little nervous coming into a tie game. I knew it was my job to get three outs, keep the game tied, and give us a chance to win. I had a good slider, and I was able to do that. These are very important games. I'm glad I could help.
Akinori Otsuka
He threw the ball well. He was able to use all his pitches, his slider, his changeup and his fastball.
Bill Evers
I felt really good. I was throwing my change-up for strikes and my fastball where I wanted to. My slider felt good, but my curve ball needed a little polishing up.
Tyler Johnson
I knew my slider got them out before, and I was going to make them hit it.
Jeff Weaver
This one was a changeup. The other one was a slider, both down and in. You never go up expecting to hit the ball out, but I'm a low-ball hitter.
Alex Cintron
The umpire didn't give me a pitch, the slider. Delgado hit a good pitch.
Carlos Martinez
You basically should not throw a breaking ball, any type of breaking ball, including a slider, until you shave.
James Andrews
He had the best slider I've seen him have in four years. It looked like a fastball before you swung, then it just dropped.
Brandon Inge
Hartmann was great again. His slider and changeup were working for him tonight and he had some great sink from his fastball.
Butch Hobson
As Mike Mussina says, it became mindless for him. He wasn't thinking about his mechanics. Everything was just falling into place. I think that's why we saw the emotion, the intimidation. The velocity is up. His slider is nasty.
John Flaherty
He's in a battle with everybody and the inventory we have. Geoff made some big strides. He pitched down a lot better and came up with a sinking fastball and a slider to go along with that. The improvement of being under control and confident is the biggest thing.
Rich Dubee
He made me look real bad on the first slider. I thought, since I looked so bad on the first one, that he might come back with another one. I'm glad it fell in for a hit.
Kevin Coker
I need to get my slider back. You can't throw fastballs and a change and get these guys out. They are a good hitting team, and they are hot right now.
Brandon Bates
I felt a lot better than the first time. All my pitches were moving, and I hit my spots. I made one bad pitch on a slider and got it up a little bit. But I felt good, and I feel good today.
Sean Burnett
The experience this year in Venezuela really helped me, because I was able to use my changeup and slider a little more. I am ready.
Yusmeiro Petit
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
The first inning was kind of weird because I hadn't faced a batter since September, not even in batting practice. My slider wasn't very good.
Francisco Liriano
We've had pitchers throw into the sixth inning in our last seven ball games. And he's set an example because his biggest problem last year was his conditioning. He ran out of gas a lot. But he's gotten stronger, and he's gotten a little more bite on his slider, and that's given him a lot more confidence when he comes to the mound. That's the biggest difference in his game this year.
Tom Callahan
He had a hard slider and was working in and out with his fastball. Give him credit: He hit his spots.
Herman Demmink
I'm getting beat by the same pitch. It's my slider, ... It used to be my bread and butter. It hasn't come around like I thought it was going to. To come to this level, they make you realize if it's good or not, and right now it's not. All my hits are off that.
Scott Williamson
The main thing is just, the slider I was throwing, everyone was hanging right down the middle. It's frustrating on the mound.
Scott Kazmir
(The offense) makes my job a lot easier. I had pretty good command of my fastball and slider and was able to hit my spots pretty well.
Kyle Mcculloch
It was a slider that did not slide. It stayed right there on the inner half. A nice pitch to hit.
Joe Borowski
I know him, ... He throws a fastball away and then he comes in with a slider. I was ready for a slider, and he hung one.
Ramon Castro
I didn't quite get it up enough, ... Looking back, maybe I should have thrown a slider down and away and taken my chances with the next guy. It's tough when every pitch means something.
John Lackey
I felt great out there. My pitches did what I wanted them to do. My slider and changeup were about as good as they have been. I didn't feel like I was pitching on short rest.
Ryan Franklin
I was [ticked] off about my slider. I gave up a majority of my hits on the slider. I wish my spot in the [batting] order didn't come up [in the seventh] inning. ... I was frustrated because that inning was going to cost me the game.
Kris Benson
I had a chip shot against the tree. I hit a nine-foot slider. I needed that putt.
Alex Laughlin
He's been an unbelievable amount of help to me. He sees me down there every single day and when I'm off, he knows exactly what it is. He is the one who helped me develop my slider last year, especially during the second half of the season. He's been amazing.
Derrick Turnbow
He hits his spots all game. He kept us off-balance because he had a good 12-6 curveball and a slider and he threw a changeup well. He threw everything for strikes.
Matt Bowman
He has better stuff than [the Yankees' Mariano] Rivera. With Rivera, you can put the ball in play. With this guy ... that's one of the few guys that when I'm looking for a slider, I can't hit it. That's the best pitch in the league.
Carlos Lee
The ball was jumping out of his hand. His velocity jumped up with it, his slider was tighter and he had a dominating performance.
John Flaherty
The conditions were perfect. I practiced being more patient at the plate. I laid off some of the slider junk he was throwing me and I waited to get my pitch and I got it up in the air.
Jesse Seykora
Everything was working, but I was really happy with the slider.
Tom Gorzelanny
He's competing to be a starter right now. He's pitched well. We'd like to have him be a starter. I think he has better command and his changeup and slider are much better.
Frank Cruz
I was working on locating my pitches and throwing my slider for a strike. It was nice to get out there and face some hitters.
Kerry Wood
I got the ball up in the fifth inning and they took advantage of it a little bit. Joe said that was enough. I'll just go forward from here. I was a little bit happier with my slider today. I threw it for strikes a little more. ... It was an all right performance, I would say.
Jason Vargas
It was a slider that didn't slide. It stayed right there on the inner half. It was a nice pitch to hit. I tried to blow it foul, but it stayed true right down the line.
Joe Borowski
It was a terrible pitch, a slider that hung, and he was looking for it. I should be able to get lefthanded hitters out this late in the game.
Andrew Sisco
Santos can pitch and has proven it the past two seasons. He's a fun player to watch pitch. He's got an electric fast ball and sharp breaking slider.
George Stavrenos
He's a very good slider. He's the best. He'll win the gold for sure.
Tony Benshoof
He just makes pitches when he has to. He's got that slider that sometimes looks invisible to hitters, but they'll swing at it. ... We've been calling him Houdini all season long.
Johnny Estrada
It was a slider I left over the middle. I didn't think it was going to go. They just came out and played hard.
Mike Valentine
I think the Dodgers are good hitters, but I just am getting better right now. My fastball and my two-seamer were good today, but my slider wasn't good at all.
Byung hyun Kim
He was one of the toughest pitchers we faced all year. He had heat and he threw a slider. The first guy did a nice job and the second was dominating. It is something when you have a guy like that in your bullpen.
Jack Sturgeon
I heard where he hadn't been all that sharp this year. Well, he was sharp tonight. When he wasn't throwing slider he pounded fastballs in.
Raul Ibanez
He's got an electric arm. He's got electric stuff. We've seen him get up to 96 [mph], with a 90-mph slider. He hasn't been consistent with that stuff, but in a short amount of time, he's shown major-league stuff, without question.
Todd Claus
He threw outstanding. He mixed all of his pitches. The slider was working today (and) he worked out of jams.
Melvin Mora
He throws hard. I battled, but he threw me a good slider.
Nate Schierholtz
I've never been tempted myself. It's really just something that's got to grab you. I'm more of a mountain boy than an ice slider.
Colin Jackson
Just one bad pitch. I tip my hat to J.T. because he hit a good 3-2 changeup. But my slider was not working well today and that's the pitch that beat me. It was supposed to be down to Feliz and it stayed up.
Kris Benson
I just want to enjoy the win. I faced Toronto like eight times and [didn't] win. I threw my fastball and my slider well. I was happy with that.
Daniel Cabrera
On the last at-bat, he threw quite a bit of changeups and a good slider that fell off. On the 3-2 count it was a fastball that got up, and I tried to put the barrel on it and not do too much, and it worked out.
Brad Hawpe
He throws an upper-80s fastball with a strong slider and keeps the ball down. He's a competitive kid.
Rick Magnante
I'm just trying to make solid contact right there, and I got a slider over the plate and put the barrel on it.
Danny Ardoin
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