Vinny Castilla had his way of dealing with pitchers who threw fastballs at speeds of more than 95 miles per hour.
As Castilla stood in the batter's box facing a pitcher who could throw some heat, he seemed to be saying "the harder you throw the further it goes."
Bob Gebhard, the former Colorado Rockies general manager, remembers a conversation with his third baseman as he was settling into his role as a Blake Street Bomber.
"Vinny told me he thought he could hit a bullet," Gebhard said. "I told him that I wasn't sure he couldn't.