Keyword: Hitting

If a guy is a good fastball hitter, does that mean I should throw him a bad fastball?

professional baseball player

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

It's easy to stay in the majors for seven and a half years when you hit .300; but when you hit .216 like me, it's really an accomplishment.

professional baseball player

The only thing Earl [Weaver] knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

American baseball pitcher

Look at him (Bobby Richardson) – he doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t chew, he doesn’t stay out late, and he still can’t hit .250.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin.

American baseball manager

Singles hitters drive Fords, home run hitters drive Cadillacs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats; after all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

When Neil Armstong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object; I knew immediately what it was… that was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Reggie Jackson wouldn’t get into the batter’s box until he knew we were back from commercial; of course, [Bob] Uecker wanted to hit during the commercial.

sports announcer

You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys.

American baseball player

Gehringer goes two for five on Opening Day and stays that way all season.

American baseball pitcher

I was so bad, I couldn’t have driven Miss Daisy home.

baseball player

A woman will be elected president before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes.

(1953 – ) American baseball player

So I'm ugly; I never saw anyone hit with his face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Slumps are like a soft bed; they're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player