Mound Quotes

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Tonight a couple of groundballs got through and it killed me. Sometimes you don`t feel good, it has nothing to do with sickness, you are out there on the mound and you just don`t feel good.

- Bradley Wayne Penny

The popup was in no man`s land. I`ve got the largest glove, so I figured I would be the guy to catch it. I turned my ankle when I stepped on the mound and jammed it pretty good. It spasmed, so I had a tough time on defense, but it`s nothing serious.

- Darin Erstad

He`s got a lot of poise, a guy that doesn`t really act his age on the mound, so to speak. You can`t tell it`s his first full year.

- Jason Kendall

We had the lead, and we had the guy we wanted on the mound, ... Things didn`t go our way.

- Daryle Ward

He said on the mound he didn`t try to hit me. I just looked at him and said, `Come on man.` It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off.

- Eric Hinske

No. I got hit right in the nipple. Not fun. He said on the mound he didn`t mean to hit me. He just pulled a four-seam fastball. He said, `My bad.` He said he was sorry.

- Eric Hinske

He said on the mound he didn`t try to hit me,

- Eric Hinske

He said on the mound he didn`t try to hit me, ... I just looked at him and said, `Come on man.` It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off.

- Eric Hinske

Primarily, every rule change over the past ten years has been against the pitchers - lowering the mound and the designated hitter.

- Gaylord Perry

I don`t believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound.

- Greg Maddux

I don`t know any other way to do it. I take the mound with the focus that we can`t lose. I`ve had that feeling for a long time.

- John Smoltz

Now we just have to let the bone heal itself and quit irritating it on a daily basis, ... Before I got off the mound, it felt great. The bones constantly rubbing on each other, it didn`t give it time to heal.

- Keith Foulke

I was a lot happier walking off the mound today than I have been in a lot of the previous outings this (season), ... It`s been a constant battle to work on mechanics and different things. I liked how I threw the ball (Monday). I`m not where I want to be, but it was much better than it has been.

- Keith Foulke

I was a lot happier walking off the mound today than I have been in a lot of previous outings, ... It`s been a constant battle to work on mechanics and different things. I liked how I threw the ball today. I`m not where I want to be, but it was much better than it has been.

- Keith Foulke

It`s one of those things where a couple of more times on the mound will help, ... Saturday didn`t go very well. (Sunday) I went out and made some major adjustments and I`m closer to where I want to be.

- Keith Foulke

He breeds a good feel to the game when he`s on the mound. It`s not a boring game when he`s out there.

- Mike Lowell

The way the game is now you can`t take care of business on the mound,

- Roy Oswalt

To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.

- Steve Carlton

The Orioles` Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.

- Joe Garagiola

I`m sitting watching, thinking that they`ve got the best closer in the game on the mound and we have the best hitter in the game at the plate. It was an unbelievable feeling.

- Chris Carpenter

It was so good to get on the mound and feel how I did today, ... I didn`t have all my strength, but that`s normal when you`ve taken some time off. I was about 80 to 90 percent on some pitches, with no pain on any pitch.

- Jake Peavy

I owe everything I have to them when I`m out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.

- Alan Kernaghan

Hopefully it doesn`t make me too strong, ... I`ve just been really anxious to get on the mound.

- Angus Campbell

I elevated the ball when they got the three runs. But overall, I must say, it was a nice feel out on the mound today.

- Anne Foster

Any time I take the mound against him, Alex is a dangerous hitter. This was not the first time he got me and it won`t be the last. I`m confident I will locate against him better the next time. He is a great hitter; I have a lot of respect for him.

- Anne Foster

Any time I take the mound, Alex is a dangerous guy. It`s not the first time he`s gotten me, and it won`t be the last. He obviously feels very good against me, but I know that can change quickly, too. I`ll locate my pitches better against him next time.

- Anne Foster

So it didn`t really surprise me a lot, ... that he`s thrown that hard off the mound.

- Anthony DeCurtis

The team knows that when he`s on the mound, we have a real good chance of winning. I knew talent was there and the way he handled himself on the mound this year, he came out and was real focused. I see a difference in attitude and his demeanor on the mound. He is more confident now that his arm is well.

- Anthony Lagouranis

All three of our pitchers did a good job of pitching ahead in the count. All week, the bullpen really did a good job for us. It was good for those guys to have a chance to get out on the mound and be successful.

- Anya Kamenetz

I`d much rather hit. I hated pitching, ... When you have my dad`s name on your back, it`s like wearing a bull`s-eye. It`s smaller if you`re not on the mound.

- Asaf Buchner

He can pitch. I saw him last summer in a wooden bat league. He`s crafty, just like Cornelius. He`s a competitor. When he gets on that mound, he wants to send that hitter to the dugout.

- Ash Edmonds

I`m very glad that I got to pitch the first five innings and not the last four, ... I was so nervous just sitting on the bench. The anxiety would have gotten the best of me on the mound.

- Badee Izzat Aref

The main thing is just, the slider I was throwing, everyone was hanging right down the middle. It`s frustrating on the mound.

- Barbara Bradley