Sal Fasano Quotations

Whenever you don't have fastball command, it's pretty tough to get everything else to work. If anything, it's a good learning experience to know that the fastball is the most important pitch you throw.

I got a lot flack for that. But that's OK.

I think he needs to be more aggressive and play for contact. The toughest thing sometimes is when you stop trying to miss the bat. He needs to get to a place where he?s more confident and wants contact.

That's the theme so far, being able to get used to each other as a team, and picking each other up. We have a good team and that will happen.

You always wonder how your career could've gone. I wish I would've had the opportunity to play every day when I was younger, just to see what kind of player I could've been.

You have to chalk this up as a quality start. That's what I don't understand. He seems like he's throwing so bad, but he's throwing great. That's the frustrating thing. That's why I'm getting gray hair. I don't understand why we can't get over the hump.

When you hit a kid, you think what if it was your son. Baseball is probably the most social sport. There's a lot of time between pitches. You could be looking at a vendor or talking to someone, and all of a sudden there's a ball or a bat coming at you.

We did a better job of being patient against Oliver. That?s something we need to do more often.

It was awesome. I have to pay them the money I owe them. My wife and she was mad she didn't see it.

It's a matter of keeping that intensity through the whole at-bat. The job's not over after the first strike. Once you get on top, you need to bury him. That's the attitude you have to have.

It's an easy day because you know he's going to throw strikes and you know the game will be quick. He's a great example to the younger guys for what it takes to be successful.

It was miserable. Dries out your eyes. Imagine someone taking a blow dryer to your face, but cold. And all the shrapnel, like the particles of dirt flying in front. Wind is the hardest condition to play in, even worse than snow if you can believe that.

They were nice to me, so I wanted to do something nice for them. I hope they enjoyed it.

I'm glad people aren't picking us to win this division or make the playoffs. That just means we're going to surprise people. I'm OK with that.

I hope that's what we see Opening Day. What I saw I liked. He had good life on his fastball. His breaking ball was sharp. I think the time off might have helped him because his stuff was electric.

Cabrera didn't have a great jump. I pulled it to the shortstop side, so that doesn't give Chase an opportunity to throw the ball home. Nine times out of 10, I'm going to make a pretty good throw.

He's not a glory hound. He just goes and does his job, and I'm sure he's happy keeping it that way.

The hardest thing to do is to separate your hitting from your catching. If you can't do that, you can't have success in this game. You want to be a complete player, but defense has to take precedence. I view myself where I can find a way to relate what the pitcher has and how to use it. That's my job.