Keyword: Pitching (Page 2)

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

American baseball pitcher

Once a pitcher loses his fastball, he has to go to the garbage.

baseball player

If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.

baseball player

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

professional baseball player

I found a delivery in my flaw.

(1953 – 1998) baseball player

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

professional baseball player & manager

He can embarrass the batter on one pitch and the catcher on the next.

baseball player

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

American baseball player

Throw strikes – home plate don't move.

American baseball player

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

American baseball pitcher

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

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

He’s throwing grounders.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

professional baseball player

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

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

(1908 – 1989) 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

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player