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Pitching
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He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.
Gene Mauch
(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager
Baseball
Sports
Pitching
Referring to Koufax’s famed fastball
We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.
‘Whitey’ Herzog
(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager
Baseball
Sports
Pitching
Trying to hit him is like trying to eat Jell-O
®
with chopsticks.
Bobby Murcer
baseball player
Baseball
Sports
On Phil Niekro's knuckleball
Pitching
Arthur 'Dazzy' Vance could throw a cream puff through a battleship.
Johnny Frederick
American baseball player
Baseball
Sports
'Dazzy' Vance
Pitching
They can’t hit it while I’m standing here holding it.
‘Lefty’ Gomez
(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball
Sports
His reply to an umpire who asked why he was just standing there and not pitching to a batter
Pitching
Trying to throw a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun by a rooster.
Curt Simmons
(1929 – ) American baseball player
Baseball
Sports
Hank Aaron
Metaphor
Pitching
We had a very scientific system of bringing in relief pitchers. We used the first one who answered the phone.
Chuck Estrada
American baseball pitcher & pitching coach
Baseball
Sports
Bullpen
Pitching
If I knew he was gonna throw a no-hitter, I would have thrown one too.
Dizzy Dean
professional baseball player
Baseball
Sports
After his brother Daffy pitched a no-hitter
Pitching
Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.
‘Lefty’ Gomez
(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball
Sports
Pitching
When asked if he ever threw a spitball
I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
Casey Stengel
(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball
Misspokements
Sports
Pitching
Spitballs
If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.
Andy Van Slyke
baseball player
Baseball
On Williams’ wildness
Pitching
Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.
Arthur ‘Bugs’ Baer
(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Baseball
Sports
‘Lefty’ Grove
Pitching
He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.
Casey Stengel
(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball
Misspokements
Sports
Pitching
Satchel Paige
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.
Bob Lemon
professional baseball player & manager
Baseball
Life
Sports
Pitching
My problem is I lose too many one-run games – 10-9, 8-7.
Billy Muffett
American baseball pitcher
Baseball
Sports
Pitching
Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.
Jim Murray
(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Baseball
Sports
Fastball
Pitching
Sandy Koufax
I’m throwing twice as hard, but the ball is getting there half as fast.
‘Lefty’ Gomez
(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball
Sports
Pitching
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?"
‘Lefty’ Gomez
(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball
Intelligence
Sports
Thinking
Pitching
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.
‘Lefty’ Gomez
(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Activities
Baseball
Sports
Hitting
Jimmie Foxx
Moon
Pitching
Reporter: Is it true that you’d throw at your own mother.
Gomez: You’re damn right I would, she’s a good hitter.
‘Lefty’ Gomez
(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball
Sports
(also Early Wynn)
Pitching
Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.
Reggie Jackson
professional baseball player
Baseball
Sports
On Tom Seaver
Pitching
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