1.   He has a hard slider, and after watching him throw a couple of side sessions, he showed me a good changeup, too.

2.   He has been developing a changeup pitch to offset the fastball and hard slider he throws.

3.   His hard slider kept batters off balance, and Fassero kept his fastball down.

4.   Kruger used a hard slider and several defensive plays by his teammates to keep Northridge under control.

5.   Leiter was fooling the Phillies with his curveball and overpowering them with his hard slider.

6.   Placido Polanco flied to right, and Hampton fanned Jim Edmonds on a hard slider.

7.   That, plus a live fastball, a hard slider and a mind free from fear, were more than enough to shut down the Mets.

8.   Relying mostly on fastballs and hard sliders, he struck out the side in the second, fifth and sixth innings.