Keyword: Pitching (Page 2)

He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

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

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

American baseball player

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

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

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

(1929 – ) American baseball player

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

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

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Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

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Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

professional baseball player & manager

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

American baseball pitcher

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

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

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

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

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

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

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

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