Pitcher Quotations | Page 4

It feels good, it sort of brought tears to my eyes to see my pitcher work hard and she got the victory. We knew it was not going to be easy. We faced another great team, Keystone and we were able to pull through.

I think our team is a good team. A lot of teams -- (AT) was up 5-1 in the sixth and our No. 1 pitcher was the guy who started the game -- could have just laid down. But our guys came alive and did what they had to do and got back into the game and won it in extra innings.

I think Sidney is a perfect example of the type of pitcher that we feel Dave Duncan can help get better and bring him to the next level.

It doesn't matter if you get 3,000 hits in 18 years or you get 3,000 hits in 22 years. You still have to reach that milestone. You still have to hit 500 home runs, and it's like a pitcher doing it. If you get 300 wins in 19 years and a guy gets 300 wins after 24 years, he's still doing something right.

I think I'm a better pitcher than 49-50. I was just battling to find out who I was and where I was and get him back here as quick as I could. At times I've shown that, last year I ran off seven in a row but then I ended on a bad note, but take the positives from anything.

I think he understands he is a very good pitcher and we need to get fair value for him in the market. If we can do that, we'll move him to a West Coast team. He hasn't been impolite with us. He hasn't been too demanding.

I think he's the best pitcher that I've seen in the 40 years that I've been in the major leagues,

I think he's been working his way to health and strength and being a pitcher again. He had a major injury he had repaired this offseason. He's real close. If he throws the ball like he did today, it gives us an opportunity to win a lot of games.

I thought he was the pitcher he can be during those innings. He was nails after the beginning.

I thought he was the best pitcher in the National League, to be honest with you. He got me out a lot. I'm glad he's on my team now.

I thought it was one of those games where he was going to go all the way, ... He was really pumped up. He was a different pitcher today.

I thought last year was a miraculous year for him. And he definitely earned my respect last year as to what kind of pitcher he was, what kind of person he was, what kind of competitor he was.

Just because the pitcher shook off my sign, it doesn't mean all the responsibility is on the pitcher. I feel responsible for that pitch because I am the one actually giving the next sign for it.

We need a pitcher to step up and be a stopper. A lot of good teams have that.

That was tough. If I catch that, there are two outs and the pitcher is up. It's frustrating. In the past, I've been able to hang onto them.

That was our big theory when I was with Oakland. Run up the guy's pitch counts, 'cause then you get the starting pitcher out of the game in the fifth inning. You're making him throw 100 pitches and he's gone.

That's the kind of pitcher he is. We were buying outs at that point in the game, and he bought them all.

That's what happens when a starting pitcher goes deep in to the game. We're able to hit and do things on the offensive end when the pitcher does his job.

That's the pitcher that everybody expected and the pitcher that I expected. It's taken me awhile to find my mechanics.

That's the pitcher that everybody expected, and that's the pitcher that I'd expected.

That's the only pitch I've ever seen well in my career at this ballpark, ... He's got really good stuff, but we were able to take advantage of maybe some mistakes by him, and that's what you have to do against a pitcher like Brad Penny.

That's the one I was the most proud of from last season. Even when I was going through it, I knew it was kind of cool. I'm being consistent and I'm giving the guys a chance to win. That's what any pitcher wants.

I was really happy that the girls didn't quit (when they got down). Our pitcher got lit up and lit up hard. Our kids could have very easily put their heads down and quit, but they didn't. Our kids executed very well.

I was pretty upset, because, after my team gave me the lead, I wanted to shut them down. Walking the pitcher got me a little bit off my concentration. I'm very fortunate and I'm very happy that the Marlins won the game.

I was battling absolutely as hard as I could. A pitcher would rather have a rocket hit off him than have someone stand up there and keep fouling off pitches. That's frustrating for a pitcher. He thinks this is the pitch and you foul it off. I know as a catcher I got frustrated. ... I think it was a great opportunity for a hit, a walk, anything. Once I was three, four minutes into the at bat, I'm thinking 'I have to get on base some way.

I was barely a .500 pitcher before my dad died and I got married and had a baby... my wife and baby brought me down to earth.

I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.

We haven't seen as skilled of a pitcher as her.

We were very accepting today. They helped us. Their pitcher threw a phenomenal game. He's really good.

We were using this pitcher to get water to put into a mop bucket. It's a clean pitcher, it wasn't dirty. We grabbed it from right here, and we were pouring water, but she said that's improper use of the hand sink.

When it's 150, it starts to get uncomfortable to hold it. You can't leave your hand on the milk pitcher for too long.

We can put them on conditioning and strengthening programs that are going to make them a better pitcher in conjunction with their improved techniques.

We played hard. In the first game we really crushed the ball. But, give them (Capital) credit. Their pitcher (Levi Hannon) settled down over the last five innings, and they came back with their bats.

We do have some depth in the pitching. We need the rest of the team to find their roles, because we know we're not going to get 300 strikeouts from our pitcher this year.

We'd sure like to have either a closer or top-notch starting pitcher for our rotation. We're out there looking every day. Most of these people are not available anymore. We'd have to do it through trades. Most of the teams want our good young position players. It's going to be difficult, but it's not for lack of trying.

We got beat by a better pitcher today, you have to tip your hat to him.

We finally got the big hit that helped us win the game. I think we ran into a pretty good pitcher that shut us down in game two.

We played very good defense. This was a big game for us, especially going against a pitcher who you know, if they score one run, you could be out of the game.

We had trouble hitting early in the game as their pitcher kept our hitters off balance. Our hitting finally came around in the last inning.

We've had good reports on him the last couple of years. He's a tall (6-foot-4), athletic pitcher who throws strikes with all three pitches. He has a live arm and a chance to have an above-average breaking ball. He has an advanced feel for pitching.

Usually your starting pitcher will finish out the game. I felt Gabby had pitched well enough to be okay in the sixth inning.

We just didn't put the hits together. We got one here and there, we just couldn't put them together. We couldn't bump people over and the pitcher did a good job on keeping us on our toes. I thought we did an OK job in the field. We just didn't put the hits together when we needed them.

We just didn't hit the ball. We're very capable of hitting the ball, but that was a good pitcher and she kept us off balance.

We just didn't hit the ball tonight. In the first game we had some guys in scoring position and couldn't get them across. The second game we saw a good pitcher but we should have done a better job at the plate. In the first game we needed hits and we just put the ball in play. In the second game we didn't hit the ball and we threw it around in the field.

We just didn't hit the ball. This was really the first good pitcher we've seen, and my hat is off to (Burns). He threw strikes, and we weren't able to put the ball in play.

We just didn't hit it. She may be the fastest pitcher we've seen so far.

We played our guts out tonight. I'm proud of the way we produced. We wanted to come out and compete, to fight. Ian Dahl just did a great job. He was as good as a pitcher can be.

We had our best pitcher going tonight and you've got to win. All we can do is try to come back tomorrow.

We have three infielders and a pitcher who have experience, but the rest of the team are all inexperienced. We have a great group of hard-working girls who are hungry to fill so many open positions and the competition has been great, so in that sense, youth has worked to our advantage.

We were hitting the ball well and got walks. We got hot. Their pitcher looked like he ran out of gas or he wasn't normally a pitcher.

We were struggling. It was easy to see that their pitcher was doing a great job. It looked like we were guessing a little bit. She was throwing strikes, and we're looking for balls. She's throwing balls, and we're looking for strikes.

Tyler was our Saturday pitcher and did a good job in the role he was in, but he'll face a lot tougher competition this year.

Tiffany is a young pitcher who is still learning. We're finding out what he can and can't do at this level, and we just have to make a few adjustments.

Today's managers don't give the starting pitcher a chance. Maybe this White Sox staff has re-proved something that was true all along. If the pitcher's in good shape, and he hasn't allowed too many runs, he can and should go all nine.

You know he's going to do something special, ... but because we haven't won a lot of his games, we kind of lose that. I've said it about Roger Clemens: When you have a great pitcher like that, it's not always automatic.

We never had this luxury before and it's a nice problem to have. It's an obvious advantage over any team, especially if you go to extra innings because your second pitcher won't be as winded.

We got their pitcher on the ropes early, but we didn't capitalize and let him get back on a roll after the first couple of innings.

We came out strong in the third inning. We had seen the pitcher once already (the Shamrocks' entire lineup had batted by the end of the second), and we were on fire.

We have a strong pitcher in Brittany Bate. She had a strong season last year.

We haven't been hitting the ball well all year off good pitching. We had some guys on base, we just didn't get the timely hits. But the pitcher gets some of that credit, he did a good job for them.

The problem was that their catcher made no attempt to tag Mandy after she got the ball. She was looking for her pitcher to cover the plate and to toss her the ball.

Those first two runs, if you dissect what happened, they weren't well-hit balls. I think a young pitcher might get down on himself but I know that he reached down deep and said I'm OK. . . . He was in complete control of that game.

We are delighted to have our top starting pitcher back from last year. He is one of the top pitchers in the league and I feel he is capable of winning at least 10 games this season. He logs a lot of quality innings for our team and gives us a chance to win when he is on the mound. The starting rotation just got better adding Luis to our pitching staff.

We'll eventually have to use a relief pitcher more often. But right now, our starters are doing what they need.

You have to appreciate the pitching performance. It's nothing you're doing or not doing. Some days the other pitcher just has your number.

Today we got a good glimpse of the pitcher we've been hearing about. He's got a strong arm and he took it right at hitters, and the results showed.

We had a pitch count and we felt Eddie was getting a little tired there. I think he walked three batters in the fourth inning. We thought it was a good place to pull him. We had the top of their order coming up for the third time. Jeremy was ready. Eddie threw strikes all day. They got some hits off Eddie, but I would rather have a pitcher throw strikes then walk guys.

We probably would not have done that if not for the other trade, though we like Jason quite a bit. But we would not have taken Arthur off the club if we couldn't add another pitcher to work in an eighth-inning role.

We probably did about as good a job as you can do against a pitcher like her. We had a lot of people on base, but we didn't execute like we needed to. When you face a pitcher like her, you've got to take advantage of the chances you get.

When a pitcher has his offense give him seven runs, he can just relax and have a good ball game.

When a pitcher has an ERA under 4.00 in this league, that's really good, ... To be this late (with his ERA) and to have 180-plus innings and an ERA under 4.00, that's all new territory for me.

Those fundamental things can be the difference. When you have a pitcher throwing a good ball game, you have to back him up. We had a couple of chances to get some insurance runs.

To me, this kid is the best pitcher in baseball right now, ... He's been the best the last two years.

We are glad to have Braden back in our system, and he's glad to be back. He will be a quality setup pitcher in our bullpen and be able to close for us on days when Jason is not available.

We played well. They have a good pitcher and we hit her and you have got to feel good about that.

You don't really count on scoring five runs against Roger Clemens. He didn't have great stuff but the thing about that kind of pitcher is that he finds ways to compete even when he doesn't have his best stuff. Any time you beat, you've done something.

Today, obviously it's pretty much bad game management. Anytime you give up 0-2 home runs, that's not what you want to do. We had that quick 1-2-3 pitcher and then all hell broke loose in that one inning where he should have gotten out of that real easy. He just made bad pitches at the wrong time.

To beat a pitcher the caliber of Tim Hudson is a big boost for us. This is what good teams do.

We gave them some runs. ... You've got to help your pitcher by making some plays.

We won't see a better pitcher all season.

When the pitcher came back (to first), I twisted it a little bit turning to get back. There's still a little pain and I'm a little sore. But I think I'll get better. I'll be ready for opening day.

We want to bring him along slowly. He can be a pretty dominating pitcher out of the bullpen the way we've seen him throw in spring training. And we could put him in situations where he can go out and not have too much pressure on him.

A pitcher is not a ballplayer.

Eternally, woman spills herself away in driblets to the thirsty, seldom being allowed the time, the quiet, the peace, to let the pitcher fill up to the brim.

Im a finesse pitcher without the finesse.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

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

I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw.

We left runners in scoring position quite a bit. Sometimes you've got to tip your hat to the pitcher doing a good job, but we had our opportunities and we just didn't take advantage of it.

We only had two hits in the first five innings, and you're not gonna win very often doing that. We've been swinging the bats good lately, but it just wasn't our night. That was their best pitcher and he did a good job.

Typically, your pitching and defense are always a little bit more ahead than your offense early in the season, but I would have hoped for us to start hitting tonight. And when you see a kid of the capability of (Fairfield pitcher Doran Watt), it can be tough to get on track.

We competed hard today, but UCLA just played better than we did. We got their pitcher on the ropes early, but we didn't capitalize and let him get back on a roll after the first couple of innings. We never were able to take that momentum back.

We competed, and that's a credit to our guys -- to be ready to do that against a starting pitcher of that caliber. I was happy with that.

We really didn't lock in on the strike zone from the sixth inning on. I thought the first five innings were outstanding, but the last three just weren't very good (offensively) We'll practice at Tennessee Thursday night, and hopefully we'll find a way to get better and get ready for (Tennessee starting pitcher James) Adkins.

When my girls believe they're capable of winning in softball, we will be able to compete for a title. Teams aren't throwing their No. 3 pitcher against us anymore for a reason.

We saw Hawaii against Louisiana, and Louisiana threw a good pitcher at them and held them to just two runs, ... We'll throw (Nathan) Lewis in tomorrow and I feel confident he'll go out and have the same type of game. If we can score four or five runs, we're going to make Hawaii do some sweating.

We saw a different pitcher than what we heard about.

We knew that Ranger was going to be tough simply because they had a good weekend last weekend. Their pitcher did a good job of keeping us off balance in the first game.

We thought he was ready for this kind of game. Our pitcher did a super job.

Why? His body type, his arm action was real fluid and he had a good, strong arm -- and he wasn't much of a hitter. He just looked like a pitcher to me.