Changeup Quotes

[Santana] appeared to have good life on his fastball, he mixes in a changeup, and he has a good breaking ball. It seemed to me that they worked us outside the whole series. We need to make an adjustment there. - Ken Macha

[Pitching coach] Randy St. Claire taught him a changeup, which was a phenomenal pitch. - Jim Bowden

[Mulder, using his splitfinger fastball in place of his malfunctioning changeup on Sept. 6, 2000, threw six innings and allowed two earned runs - both on solo home runs - as the Athletics defeated the Red Sox 6-4. The split has been key since.] I came back with that in 2001, and it was my money pitch... It became so much more because the more I threw it, the more comfortable with it I became. And then I started throwing it harder, and it started moving a little more. - Mark Mulder

[His opponents have recognized his potential from first-hand experience.] He was pretty impressive, ... He had a good fastball and curveball the first four innings. Then he found a changeup somewhere and brought that out with him. He had three quality pitches and he was as a good as advertised, I know that. - Bob Schaefer

[His fosh is one of the pitches Suppan throws in the bullpen when warming up for a start because of its importance. He holds the ball with splayed fingers, and it's crucial that his arm action on the change duplicates his delivery on his fastball. Otherwise, the ruse is ineffective.] If you have a dominant fastball, it takes people off that fastball if you're able to locate the changeup... If you can throw a fastball changeup, and it looks the same each time, that's a pretty tough combination. - Jeff Suppan

(Leggett) was throwing three pitches for strikes, and getting his changeup and curveball over early in the year is difficult. We have to make adjustments and see it a lot of times. - Ronald Vincent

(Day's) command was poor. His changeup was too hard. He threw a lot of changeups that were not squaring up. - Clint Hurdle