Keyword: Pitching

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I throw the ball as hard as ever, but it just takes longer to get to the plate.

American baseball pitcher

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.

American baseball player & commentator

Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player

Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

If I knew he was gonna throw a no-hitter, I would have thrown one too.

professional baseball player

Arthur 'Dazzy' Vance could throw a cream puff through a battleship.

American baseball player

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

I found a delivery in my flaw.

(1953 – 1998) baseball player

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Gibson's the luckiest pitcher I've ever seen because he always picks the night to pitch when the other team doesn't score any runs.

American baseball player & commentator

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

Trying to throw a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun by a rooster.

(1929 – ) American baseball player

My problem is I lose too many one-run games – 10-9, 8-7.

American baseball pitcher

I’m throwing twice as hard, but the ball is getting there half as fast.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it.

(1942 – ) American baseball player

Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager