Pitching Quotes
Pitching Quote of the day
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time.
Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement.
I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.
Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!
Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.
The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go to Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!
The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.
A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.
It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.
It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?
I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.
If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
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!
Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.
If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.
Especially in the world of comedy, it feels like you have to be proactive, in terms of pitching and trying to sell and being a part of the creation of the stuff that you do.
My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.
He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.
Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.
Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.
