Slider Quotes

We were concerned he was going to have a high pitch count early. But he had a good angle down in the zone. He threw some good sliders. In general, that's as good as he's looked in a long time. Unfortunately, his stamina isn't built up to where we'd like it to be. - Pete Mackanin

We went with the fastball and splitter for the first four innings, then worked in the slider during the last three. I don't know who was more nervous there at the end -- him or me -- because I really wanted him to get it, and I didn't want to call the wrong pitch for him. - Tim Gower

We started working on it, and it's turned into a slider. It gives him another pitch. - Steve Williams

We only did one run. We might get three runs today to make up for it. I did place eighth out of 41 sliders, but it is definitely not an indication due to the weather. - Demetrios Stefanopolous

We liked what we saw. He's got a good little slider, and he's got some velocity, too. - Bob Melvin

We hung a slider and Albert doesn't miss sliders too much. He doesn't miss pitches up in the zone. - Dusty Baker

We didn't muster much. Ryan Franklin had good command of his breaking ball, slider, change and curve. He throws all four pitches. - Alan Trammell

We decided to give Taylor a shot and see what he could do. He did an outstanding job. His slider really had them off-balance today. We're looking for him to help us more this year and next year. - Mike Loyd

Wags threw him two sliders that ate up his knuckles a little bit... He just was able to battle and stay alive. Like Willy does, he puts the ball in play and gave us a chance. - Craig Biggio

Usually, I like to come in with a straight fastball and take it from there. Sometimes, I'll work in my slider. Everything seemed to be working today, so it was real good. - Chris Moore