11.   He had nothing with which to combat the Yankee hitters, no good fastball or curve, not much control.

12.   He has become more like Stottlemyre this season by learning to set up his fastball with breaking pitches, and both have good fastballs.

13.   He has a good fastball and a sharp breaking ball.

14.   He remembers lasting three or four innings for the scouts, throwing a few good fastballs and a good curve.

15.   He had a good competitive makeup with a good talent, a good fastball, and a good curveball.

16.   He had a good fastball and kept it down in the zone.

17.   He had a good fastball, but in that visit four years ago, Lasorda helped teach him a breaking ball that now is his signature pitch.

18.   He threw a good fastball and, more important, he had good command of his slider, the pitch he needs to finish off hitters.

19.   His passes are like good fastballs.

20.   I know they can hit a good fastball.