Keyword: Pitching

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

professional baseball player
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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
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Throw strikes – home plate don't move.

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

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager
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I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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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
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We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager
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He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
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The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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They can’t hit it while I’m standing here holding it.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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Once a pitcher loses his fastball, he has to go to the garbage.

baseball player
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Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player
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Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
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Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
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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
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I throw the ball as hard as ever, but it just takes longer to get to the plate.

American baseball pitcher
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Reporter: Is it true that you’d throw at your own mother.
Gomez: You’re damn right I would, she’s a good hitter.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager
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