Keyword: Pitching

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

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

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
Baseball Sports

They can’t hit it while I’m standing here holding it.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

professional baseball player & manager
Baseball Life Sports

Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

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
Baseball Sports

Oh, hell, if you win twenty games they want you to do it every year.

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

I found a delivery in my flaw.

(1953 – 1998) baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Trying to hit him is like trying to eat Jell-O® with chopsticks.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

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

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

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

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

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

(1929 – ) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

He’s throwing grounders.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

We had a very scientific system of bringing in relief pitchers. We used the first one who answered the phone.

American baseball pitcher & pitching coach
Baseball Sports

When a fielder gets the pitcher in trouble, the pitcher has to pitch himself out of the slump he isn’t in.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Intelligence Sports Thinking