Felipe Alou Pitch Quotations

If they pitch to him, he's going to swing a good bat. I'd pitch to him if the game doesn't mean anything. ... The fact he told me to leave it the way it is, 'cleanup,' tells me he's ready to compete out there.

The pitch he struck out on was low. Nobody was going to hit that pitch. Some umpires need to learn the strike zone, too.

Most teams know Barry didn't play a lot in spring training. They want to find out how he's swinging the bat. The only way to do that is to pitch to him.

I've seen him pitch a lot. He looks stronger physically from what I've seen and seems to be throwing harder. He's (looking) a lot better.

I'm afraid so. They won't give him a pitch to hit.

His delivery kind of left him for one pitch or two, but then he got it back. That's a good sign. With him, he's either good or bad, and today he was able to address his problem. Before, if he got a bad hitter or two, things got out of hand.

I know one thing. When this thing is over, some of our guys will know what a double-play pitch looks like.

They want to make it tough for him. I'm not saying it's intentional, I'm just saying they won't give him a pitch to hit.

They pitched to Barry with a guy throwing 98, 97 mph. ...If that guy doesn't pitch to him, who will?

We had to get him in the game -- we gotta pitch him.

I believe Schmitty has really become a complete pitcher. He can pitch with really good stuff or what he had yesterday, control.

I believe Schmitty has really, really become a complete pitcher. He can pitch when he has real good stuff or what he had (Saturday). ... He still got a couple of punch-outs (six over five innings). That should tell him that he doesn't need to throw his fastball past everybody.

I believe he'll pitch very well for us next summer. There are similarities with Eyre -- that same lefty mentality with a nasty slider.