Changeup Quotes

Gagne taught me the changeup. I did not have confidence in it. Then he said, 'Throw that changeup.' Over and over he said it. I got to like it so much I sometimes forgot I have a fastball. - Guillermo Mota

Every game is kind of the same. He rushes a couple up there at 97, 98, then gives you a couple of off-speed pitches, the changeup, the curve... It's so unfair. It's just wrong. - Joe Garagiola

Chris was outstanding. His curveball wasn't there, but he had his changeup working and he was working his fastball to both sides of the plate. That's the key to him, having two pitches and using them effectively. - Rod Barajas

Brown was way out in front of a changeup... That's just the baseball gods there. ... I haven't seen their games, but I figure they hadn't gotten breaks like that. - Barry Zito

Baker was fantastic. He used his breaking ball, his changeup and had the high fastball working. He located pretty good. He gave us a great chance to win. It's unfortunate we couldn't score enough runs for him. Rincon came in and had two good innings for us, got out of the one, which was huge. Then we finally come up with the big base hit. - Ron Gardenhire

At times, he showed his best fastball command. His changeup was his pitch today. - Mike Trapasso

Anytime you can throw three or four pitches for strikes, it's going to be tough on the hitter... starts on a different plane. The fastball, changeup and slider are all on a downward angle. Anytime you can change the hitter's eye level, that helps. - Noah Lowry

[Twins lefty Johan Santana throws a 94-mile-an-hour fastball and a slider that falls off a table, but it's his wicked changeup that has thrust him into the upper echelon of major league pitchers -- and to the top of this week's SI Players poll.] It's good because he's [always] got the same speed with his arm. Same motion, ... Some guys slow down a little bit, but he doesn't. It looks like a fastball. - Derek Jeter