Slider Quotes

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The first inning was kind of weird because I hadn`t faced a batter since September, not even in batting practice. My slider wasn`t very good.

- Francisco Liriano

I think I got a lot of progress. I had better control of everything. Just being able to throw my slider. How to pitch in a game. Pitching in different situations.

- Francisco Liriano

I had a tough time with my slider; it was off the plate a lot. I work on staying focused and keeping my concentration at the level it needs to be. Sometimes, it may take five pitches to get that one out.

- Jeff Suppan

I`m getting beat by the same pitch. It`s my slider, ... It used to be my bread and butter. It hasn`t come around like I thought it was going to. To come to this level, they make you realize if it`s good or not, and right now it`s not. All my hits are off that.

- Scott Williamson

He has better stuff than (the Yankees` Mariano) Rivera. With Rivera, you can put the ball in play. With this guy ... that`s one of the few guys that when I`m looking for a slider, I can`t hit it. That`s the best pitch in the league.

- Carlos Lee

Just one bad pitch. I tip my hat to J.T. because he hit a good 3-2 changeup. But my slider was not working well today and that`s the pitch that beat me. It was supposed to be down to Feliz and it stayed up.

- Kris Benson

I was (ticked) off about my slider. I gave up a majority of my hits on the slider. I wish my spot in the (batting) order didn`t come up (in the seventh) inning. ... I was frustrated because that inning was going to cost me the game.

- Kris Benson

(No fastball. Average changeup. Nothing special in his pitching arsenal against his former team.) I battled with my cutter and slider, ... I didn`t have great stuff. I tried to keep them off balance with my slider and cutter and sprinkle in a fastball. It did the trick.

- Kris Benson

I was still able to throw my slider, change-up, curveball. But my location was terrible. I was making too many mistakes over the middle of the plate.

- Greg Maddux

I knew my slider got them out before, and I was going to make them hit it.

- Jeff Weaver

I was working on locating my pitches and throwing my slider for a strike. It was nice to get out there and face some hitters.

- Kerry Wood

He threw outstanding. He mixed all of his pitches. The slider was working today (and) he worked out of jams.

- Melvin Mora

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

I`m trying to figure out if I should throw a curve ball, or a slider.

- Carlos Gutierrez

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.

- Sparky Anderson

I didn`t quite get it up enough, ... Looking back, maybe I should have thrown a slider down and away and taken my chances with the next guy. It`s tough when every pitch means something.

- John Lackey

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

- Andrew Sharnov

I was just trying to put it in play, I was thinking left-center, ... He made a mistake with that slider and it felt pretty good. Something like that can hopefully turn it around. It`s something to build on, get a little confidence going.

- Angus McQuilken

Anytime you can throw three or four pitches for strikes, it`s going to be tough on the hitter, ... starts on a different plane. The fastball, changeup and slider are all on a downward angle. Anytime you can change the hitter`s eye level, that helps.

- Anka Jacobs

I think Armin is a better slider, but Georg is a better sled builder. If you combined the two, they`d be unstoppable.

- Ann Powell

He`s a very good slider. He`s the best. He`ll win the gold for sure.

- Ann Powell

I don`t throw the slider and I haven`t really thrown the slow curve anymore. I can`t throw to bases anymore. It used to be the easiest thing in the world to do.

- Ann Wagner

Sometimes I`ll take a pitch right there, but with him, if he gets a strike, he`s coming back with that (nasty) slider of his, ... So I was sitting dead-red, and when I got the fastball, I capitalized on it. That was definitely the biggest home run I`ve ever hit. It was a very emotional home run.

- Anne Shaw

I`m getting beat by the same pitch. It`s my slider, ... It used to be my bread and butter. It hasn`t come around like I thought it was going to. To come to this level, they make you realize if it`s good or not, and right now it`s not. All my hits are off that.

- Annie Taylor

I just kind of gave in and threw him a fastball down the middle. The second one was a slider that was supposed to be down and I just left it up.

- Anthony Ammirata

He just makes pitches when he has to. He gets himself into trouble, but he`s got a slider that seems invisible to hitters.

- Arthur Chapman

He just makes pitches when he has to. He`s got that slider that sometimes looks invisible to hitters, but they`ll swing at it. ... We`ve been calling him Houdini all season long.

- Arthur Chapman

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