Pitches Quotes

You're going to go out there and you may feel good, you may feel bad; that really doesn't matter... You have to go out and make pitches. Sometimes it may take five pitches to get that one out, but you've got to keep grinding it. With our team, anything can happen. - Jeff Suppan

You're fouling pitches off your leg all the time. It's a matter of catching one spot with a lot of force into it -- then you've got a chance to do something bad. - Jermaine Dye

You're at a slight disadvantage (batting eighth) because the pitcher is behind you. That makes it harder because you don't see as many pitches to hit. - Mike Lieberthal

You win a couple hundred games because you make pitches at certain times that stop damage. That's just what he did. - John Gibbons

You will see him tomorrow [against the Yankees]. He is taking good at-bats. I don't think he was happy with himself, but I thought he threw enough good pitches for a positive outing. - Tony La Russa

You watch his swing path, and it's always level. It's always on the ball. He knows how to fight out there. Like today, there were a couple of pitches that were borderline pitches. He had enough discipline to stay back and hold his position. - Joe Vavra

You watch [the ball] out of their hand and you pretty much tell whether it's going to be a good pitch or not. When it comes out of the hand, you can pretty much tell where it's going to be ... what type of pitch it's going to be. I normally try to lay off some pitches my mind is saying not to swing at. - Elijah Dukes

You want to build up innings. He could throw one inning [in a game] and throw 30 pitches and we'd have to get him out of there. - Larry Rothschild

You think you've got him figured out and he comes up with something new. Never the same pattern twice, never the same pitches twice. - John Mabry

You take a few more pitches once in a while. But I didn't change anything, I was just a little more patient. - Julio Lugo