Keyword: Pitching

Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Baseball Sports

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

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

American baseball pitcher
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Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

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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Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

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

(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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

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

American baseball pitcher
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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
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He’s throwing grounders.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements 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
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Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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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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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

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

(1929 – ) American baseball player
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Trying to hit him is like trying to eat Jell-O® with chopsticks.

baseball player
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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
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