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Fastball Quotes

After you pass a certain age, things you were able to do easily aren’t so easy anymore — just as a fastball pitcher’s speed starts to slip away with time. Of course, it’s possible for people as they mature to make up for a decline in natural talent. Like when a fastball pitcher transforms himself into a cleverer pitcher who relies on changeups. But there is a limit. And there definitely is a sense of loss. Haruki Murakami
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 guy at one of those pitch-and-throw kind of things. I have a pretty good arm for somebody who's not a baseball player. Ben Gibbard
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
Casey Stengel quote: "No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher..."
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. Casey Stengel
Ted Williams quote: "You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues."
You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues. Ted Williams
Cy Young quote: "I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the..."
I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball. Cy Young
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 what pitchers have to do to win games. Greg Maddux
When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me. Eric Liu
Steve Carlton quote: "The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your..."
The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers. Steve Carlton
Tom Seaver quote: "The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball."
The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball. Tom Seaver
I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch. Johan Santana
Dennis Eckersley quote: "Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make..."
Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches. Dennis Eckersley
Joe Adcock quote: "Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to..."
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster. Joe Adcock
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 it past me, none of them. Hank Aaron

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