Strikes Quotes

Zach threw strikes and let his defense work behind him. - Brian Gruber

You've got to throw strikes. You're helpless against walks. There's no defense against them. We have trouble throwing strikes. - Chipper Jones

You've got to throw strikes. That's with most young guys. Throw strikes, throw quality strikes. Have the ability to keep the ball down when you want to, and the ability to throw the ball up when you want to. When you throw the ball outside, you don't want it to creep back inside. The main thing is just relax. Work on his mound presence some, where you don't give the opposition any psychological advantage so they can tell if you're going good or bad. - Dusty Baker

You're trying to pick one of the most important positions but you're doing it in a way that precludes anybody having any kind of openness in the process and that strikes me as being so obviously flawed. - Scott Reid

You're trying to get that golf swing going and trying to get it up in the air... [Weathers] threw a pretty nasty pitch the first strike. He probably hung that slider and I missed it, and 0-2 you're just battling. He threw a close one in on me. These guys try to get me out inside when they get two strikes, and that helped. I know that. - Todd Walker

You're supposed to throw strikes in that situation instead of wasting pitches. You don't want to stand out there walking guys, creating situations. - Brad Thompson

You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own. - Connie Mack

You want one to two true pitchers that can beat anybody and six arms that can throw strikes. - Tim Saunders

You try to take some, but he throws so many strikes. That gets you in the hole. There's not much you can do. - Derrek Lee

You talk to scouts and you keep hearing there is a real shortage of pitching. There's a real shortage of guys who can throw strikes. Pitching is that valuable. - Bill Bavasi