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He was pretty good, especially early. He pounded the strike zone, but he still has to work on his location.

He didn't look as dominant as I've seen him in the past. He didn't use a lot of breaking balls or off-speed stuff, he just used his fastball. But we didn't strike it.

He did have a temper, but I never saw him strike anybody.

He didn't want to fight, but every once in awhile, sort of like the fast gun, someone's gonna want to test you. He was probably going to take the first strike if you ever had a problem with him ... He found the best defense was a good offense.

If the strike continues through the end of October, the company will lose units of production that it can't replace in this quarter, and that will reduce the earnings outlook. The likelihood is that this strike will be settled soon, in the next three to four days, maybe in week.

If the union loses on this one, ... it may not be a watershed comparable to the air traffic controllers strike in 1982, but it would be a big setback.

He did a good job tonight. He gave up his first earned run this season tonight, so his been consistent. He filled up the strike zone and allowed his defense to play behind him.

He did a great job. He just kind of teased the strike zone, throwing borderline pitches and making you chase them. It shows you that if you have good pitching, it stops good hitting.

He did a real good job. We don't ask our pitchers to go in and strike everyone out. We want them to throw strikes and keep the ball down, and he threw strikes.

He has a pretty clear-cut mental approach in terms of attacking the pitch. We've told him, 'Hey, they're going to try to extend the strike zone and get you out on off-speed pitches.' He's done a fine job with that.

He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball and then cutting all the lefties in on their hands and just being able to stay on the attack. He did a great job of not messing around and making effective pitches.

He hadn't thrown in four days and I wanted to get him an inning, keep it within one run and see if lightning might strike for us in the bottom of the inning.

He has got natural ability to keep wicket and to strike the ball and it is up to us to help make sure he gets the most out of himself.

He has to continue to get over the little hurdles that are going to make him a big-league pitcher. In his case, it is realizing the importance of location and trusting his sinker in the strike zone.

Had the terrorists had any residual ability to strike in the US they would have done it in the wake of Katrina and with the 9/11 anniversary, but all they could do was make a tape.

He was dominating, pounding the strike zone with velocity over 90. But it wasn't so much the velocity but the command, velocity and the delivery.

He was dominating the strike zone. We stressed that in the bullpen session earlier in the week.

He?s got very good stuff and the one thing he?s very good at is command. That typically is what separates kids that come to this level. In A-ball you don?t have to be so fine. Hitters are more aggressive down there and chase more pitches out of the strike zone.

He has a gift for putting the barrel of the bat on the ball and he has a passion for doing it. You look at him starting his third year in the big leagues and you can sense the maturity he's found over the last two years. He's a lot calmer and he's playing a lot more in the strike zone.

He scored a great goal, not many players can strike the ball like that but he is one of them. He's our captain, our leader and a great player, but whoever comes in to will do a good job.

He takes, he doesn't strike out a lot, plus he knows how to play the game.

He hasn't needed it. But he's going to need something like that at the major league level. It's hard to pitch at the top of the strike zone.

He had a pretty angle to all his pitches, although his command within the strike zone wasn't very good,

He had us in a hole all night. He found the strike zone and he said, 'hit it,' and we didn't.

He had very good stuff. He had an outstanding (split-finger fastball). He's working one expanding (his strike zone) a little bit.

He was throwing his curve ball for a strike and getting ahead in the count. They put together that big inning and did a good job defensively.

He will put in $3 million but get it all back - he will own the football club. Strike me lucky, it's the old three-card trick.

He will throw a quality strike and then throw a couple that are not. He's got to get it to where he has control of every pitch he throws.

I'm always thinking if it's a strikeout, that's great. But I don't try to always strike people out.

Gonzalez did a good job. He came out aggressive in the strike zone, kept the ball down and moved it in and out.

Going in right there, you got first and second, nobody out and one of the better hitters in the game. My main focus was getting strike one. It's key to get strike one. Get the fastball in on his hands and kind of open up away. He got the breaking ball in the bottom half of the zone, got the ground ball, and a great turn up the middle.

There are no restrictions on the use of any measure in order to strike at the terrorists, ... This phenomenon must be stopped.

He's got the legs (to be a power hitter). We know he can hit the ball to right field, he's got a good eye for the strike zone and he can run and he's making fine progress for a young man who came out of Double-A.

He's got the makings, the talents, the tools of a big-league pitcher, and he's learning how to pitch. He's learning how to set hitters up. In the past, he might try to strike everybody out, because he's got such good stuff. We've got to teach him about pitching, and he's learning.

He's attached to the strike zone. His stuff stays in the zone. It's fun to watch, because he gets the defense involved. With him, he has deception to his delivery.

He's just keeping up with (Curt) Schilling. They're both 3-0. His main thing is strike one. When you get strike one, then you can do a lot of things - inside, outside, up and down. The name of the game is control. He was great.

He's just not in any kind of rhythm right now. It's all location. He was too much in the middle of the strike zone against an aggressive hitting team.

He's always going to give up hits, he's aggressive in the strike zone.

Hopefully these arrests strike a deterrent blow, making these groups realize that the F.B.I. will come after them no matter how long it takes.

Hopefully this will get resolved before our strike date.

He's getting more confident, more control of the strike zone, more confidence to throw any pitch in any count. That's what you call progress and what you like to see of the young man.

He's a strike player, isn't he?. He's a really good player and we'd like to have him out there most of the time if we can.

I fell behind 2-0 and had to get a strike there. The ball was not where I wanted it, no doubt. I just blew it. I blew it. We played big today.

What do I think? It's wonderful. A strike would have been such a disaster.

This was not so much about his stuff but how well he commanded the strike zone, that he had no discomfort and that he got his pitch count up. The answers were yes, yes and yes. . . . He earned an opportunity to really throw his hat in the ring (for the fifth starter spot).

He looked really good the first inning, he was getting his breaking ball over. Then he kind of lost his feel for the strike zone.

He looks very strong, very fast. We're optimistic he can have a big year. We don't tailor our offense to one person. We try to strike at different areas. Is (Hood) going to get the ball? Yes. But so are three or four other people.

He gave us what he could. Unfortunately, he didn't have his best stuff today and we'll challenge him to improve next time. We are addressing that process (of jumping levels) and just challenging Jake to stay with a routine and pound the strike zone. He's got tremendous stuff and we still feel he can come out on the front end this time.

He doesn't want to see lightening strike twice, and risk giving the housing market another wind.

He'd tried to strike up a conversation with her,

There is no connection. The nationwide strike has nothing to do with this.

There is a genuine threat, there is no doubt the networks are still present and they retain the capacity to strike again. On the other hand, much more is known about these groups, there has been an intelligence surge in the last few years, they are kept under pressure.

He had a live arm, but he couldn't find the strike zone. You expect him to be a little sharper, but he'll throw better the next time out.

He is absolutely not guilty and did not strike that woman. The last thing this man would want to do is hurt his hands.

He has that strikeout pitch. When you can strike people out you can paint yourself into a corner because you have that way to get out of it.

He has really found a way to throw breaking balls in the strike zone. Guys start sitting on the breaking ball, then he blows a 95-mile-per-hour fastball by them.

He is just beginning to get his feet wet. But he definitely will strike you. He's not afraid of anything.

He'll do his fair share of damage when it's all said and done. For him to change his approach and expand his strike zone would be wrong. It would do him no good.

He'll put the ball in play a lot and won't strike out much. He has to learn to be more patient and learn the strikezone better, but that's a tough thing for Latin players to do because they are such free swingers.

He made it look easy. He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball and cutting all the lefties in on their hands.

He feared for his life and discharged his weapon but was unaware at the time whether he'd struck the individual. We're still really unclear whether he did strike the individual.

He goes through spurts where he'll pitch like that, and then he'll just overthrow and he can't find the strike zone. Nobody knows why, but when he's on, he's awful tough.

He grabbed her and was trying to strike her with the brick, demanding money,

He had a good set of eyes to watch guys in the bullpen. His biggest strength was always his consistency. He could throw a ball for a strike pretty much anytime he wanted to.

We're prepared except for not having the actual strike vote happen. Based on the feedback we're getting from members, they're ready.

We're probably going to start hearing anecdotally from our members as the day goes on about how the strike is hurting them. Obviously this isn't good for retailers or for consumers.

My reaction as the chief negotiator is that we're disappointed. It's a puzzle to us why they would call for a strike vote while we're still in mediation.

My pitching wasn't always in the strike zone. I never thought that would happen. It's too bad it couldn't have been like in Phoenix.

Lindsey is a tremendous spark for us, and that was one of the reasons I felt comfortable with her in the lead-off slot. It's not in our team's character to go out and take the first pitch. I tell them to come out swinging, so I wasn't surprised when she swung at strike one. She came back and sent the next pitch sailing.

Lockheed is hedging its bets just in case it lost out on the Joint Strike Fighter contract. Northrop has a lot of the avionics that go onto military aircraft.

London Underground's point-blank refusal to accept our compromise offer means that strike action remains on for 24 hours over New Year's Eve and over Jan. 8-9.

Looking back, the strike did not have the effect we wanted it to. It's evident, because Northwest is still flying.

I said to (Duke), 'Just give me a chance to strike out and tie you,' and he did. I got a lucky break on the first one (in the 10th), and once I got through the second one, I knew I was going to strike on the third one.

I say this respectfully. He's a freak. He's a very good hitter without a strike zone. He can hit the ball in, hit the ball off the plate away, hit the ball up and go get the ball that's down. He covers the plate, and beyond.

Reason stands aghast at the sight of an unprincipled, immoral, incorrigible public; And the word of God abounds in such threats and denunciations, as must strike terror into the heart of every believer.

Really, what it came down to was we didn't execute properly, and we weren't consistent enough around the strike zone, pitching-wise. Those are some strides we need to make.

States are grappling with how to handle this. Many are going from one extreme to the other, and I think what we've done is strike a balance. I can honestly say that what we've done could be model legislation.

Steve has been involved with racing for years. Steve and Kyle met a couple months ago and seemed to strike up a good relationship right away.

Such sweet neglect more taketh me, / Than all the adulteries of art; / They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.

Our record won't strike fear into people. But some of our losses have been to some pretty good teams. We're the kind of team that most don't want to see.

Our passion - our reason for founding Elephant Eye - is the creation of strong book musicals that not only entertain a wide audience but also strike an emotional chord,

Our members know that working for Northwest Airlines, they have to have a strike fund.

I saw Chris as a big, physical back. Obviously, the people in high school had a hard time tackling him. He had good speed, not great speed. (We) wanted to give him a shot (at tailback) and see if lightning would strike twice.

I saw film of them against Serra. They are a team that can strike fast. They're quick. They execute. And you have to respect their passing game.

I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own.

I will be encouraging them to vote yes. It is important we have a strong strike vote.

I was able to make pitches right from the get-go. The biggest focus is trying to establish the strike zone early with my two-seam fastball and throw some changeups.

I was able to strike those hitters out like that after my team scored five runs in the top of the seventh and I just thought about shutting them out and that strong will really worked.

I think that for the most part, people in the community understood the reasons why . . . we asked them to go to work and go to school. Rest assured, if we don't have a bill we can live with, we will have a general strike and a general boycott.

People are spontaneously participating in the strike. The strike is likely to be expanded to the whole of Uttar Pradesh state.

OPEC is set to keep production quotas unchanged ... and investors are hopeful that the International Atomic Energy Agency will strike a deal with Iran.

OPEC is set to keep production quotas unchanged... and investors are hopeful that the International Atomic Energy Agency will strike a deal with Iran.

Jared only threw 70 pitches through seven innings. He did a tremendous job of filling up the strike zone early.

JASSM will provide the Royal Australian Air Force with a system that dramatically improves the pilot's ability to strike both land and maritime targets from long range. This is important because it keeps Australian aircraft and aircrews safely out of range of air defense systems, while allowing them to successfully engage and destroy a wide range of critical targets, including highly defended point targets.

(Our hitters) did a good job of being selective and when they got a strike they did a good job of putting the ball in play. Didn't hit a lot of balls real, real hard but we were getting them in play.

Our goal was to not let them have any runs. We let them have one run and that's what you get. They're that good, they can strike so fast.

Our kids are hitting the ball; we don't strike out but we just don't find the hole.

People are not yet factoring in a high probability of a military strike and that's rather surprising. We should be preparing for oil prices to spike quite a lot higher, even $100 a barrel is not out of the question, and that could have a big impact on currencies.

My wife and my children I can correct with harsh words and sharp lessons. I can strike them, but I do not think that this is a good thing to do.

Just about everyone wants to strike out on their own sometime. But they won't do it for the money -- what they're looking for is more control over their professional lives.