Quotes About Fastball

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

started out as a pitcher but changed course after working out for Braves pitching coach Jonny Cooney at County Stadium. "I was throwing for about 15 minutes," Uecker said. "I thought I was doing pretty good, but Cooney said, 'Alright, now let me see your good fastball.' I said, 'I've been throwing my good fastball.' And, he told me—this is no joke—'Well, then I recommend you get a job.

Only a psychological freak could approach a 100-mph fastball aimed not all that far from his head with total confidence. "Lenny

I've got some good movement on my sinking fastball, and I rely on that.

It is difficult to master the skill of scoring runs from a 90mph delivery that is dug into your armpit or is fizzing past your nose.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

When you pinch-hit, you know you're getting their best guys, and usually it's a reliever and a guy that's got a really good slider or a really good fastball.

Everyone wants to talk about my slider, and how effective it is, but it really can't be without fastball command. It starts with my fastball, even if the slider is the pitch I want to get to.

I kept listening in the minor leagues, and even earlier than that, people would say, 'If you don't hit the fastball, you're not going to get to the big leagues.' Every game, you're going to get a fastball.

If you can constantly just put pressure on all four quadrants, it gives you a little more leverage to be able to fill the zone up with breaking balls and fastball counts - or with breaking balls when guys are maybe sitting on the fastball that you've established.

John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didnt use it much. He didnt want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.

The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.

When you're spinning a two-seam, getting on the side of the ball to get more run or sink can be good, but it can really be detrimental to your four-seam.

I want to make my fastball better. How do I high-grade my fastball to make it the best fastball in the league? I can only throw so hard. I'm close to my genetic ceiling on my velocity.

I'm pretty proud of my fastball. I can throw a screwball. It's not as accurate, and I don't have the velocity like I do with my fastball, but I think my fastball is not too shabby.

That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball, it plays at a higher velocity.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.

Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.