Sean Doolittle Quotes

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

You continue to try to hammer out fastball command the best you can.

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball.

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

I was short with my fastball and breaking ball.

Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.

Any time first time out, you just want to make sure you can get hitters out again.

There's more to pitching than just striking guys out, but also it is a big reason why you can have success.

Rich Folkers is throwing 'em up in the bullpen.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.

It's not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.

I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school.

I never resorted to the spitter until I was obliged to. I nearly ruined my arm throwing curves.

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.

Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.

Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was a one-pitch pitcher.

Pitching is a priority.