Craig Kimbrel sat mid-90’s with the fastball and his curve showed good bite Wednesday, excellent signs for his first spring training appearance in two years. Both of those pitches earned swinging strikeouts, with a grounder to first sandwiched in between, so it was a successful outing by most accounts.
“I was able to throw the ball for the most part where I wanted to, ball was coming out good,” Kimbrel said afterwards. “Overall, it felt like it was a good day.”
I’m not sure whether it was Gordon Wittenmyer or his editor, but the Sun-Times article on the Kimbrel’s effort linked the last bit of that quote to the corresponding Ice Cube music video.