Pitching is pitching. I've been doing this since I was eight-years-old, playing in my backyard with my dad. The things that work… — Josh Beckett Copy Share Image
Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll… — Al Leiter Copy Share Image
I was not broadcasting St. Louis Cardinals baseball because I was accomplished. I was broadcasting baseball at 21 years old because I… — Joe Buck Copy Share Image
I've been able to throw it for a strike, which has helped. If I'm not able to do that, I'm not going… — Patrick Corbin Copy Share Image
I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I don't think special attention should be given to an actor or a singer or a baseball player or a soccer player… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
All the in-depth scouting reports we have on the opposing pitchers - just kind of learning how to study that, it's huge. — Cody Bellinger Copy Share Image
Everybody seems to think that because you hit .248 the first two full years, that's the kind of hitter you are. I… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take… — Al Kaline Copy Share Image
The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
I'm legitimately having more fun doing music, but at the same time I worked my whole life for baseball. If I had… — Mike Stud Copy Share Image
You have to understand what they (pitchers) do. That's my job. You have to find a way to get them through the… — Jorge Posada Copy Share Image
Typically, it takes young players years to adjust to life in the big leagues and to start performing up to their capabilities.… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Derek Jeter has been a great representative of what the Yankees have stood for over the years. He has been a team… — Joe Girardi Copy Share Image
You never go into a season thinking you're going to strike out 200 guys or that you would have the most double-digit… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
We in the Negro leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing. We played with a… — Buck Leonard Copy Share Image
“It’s no coincidence that female interest in the sport of baseball has increased greatly since the ballplay- ers swapped those wonderful old-time… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the… — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
I have been blessed to win a number of awards and be involved in numerous historical baseball moments over my 20-year career… — Steve Garvey Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in New York, long before saturation sports coverage, the world heavyweight championship was, with the baseball World… — William Klein Copy Share Image
You know how you just don't like guys on the other team sometimes? It's funny because growing up I loved Roger (Clemens),… — Andy Pettitte Copy Share Image
We'd play football, baseball. Whatever we were doing, we'd try to get as many kids in the community to come over to… — T. J. Watt Copy Share Image
Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I don't play fantasy baseball anymore now because it's too much work, and I feel like I have to hold myself up… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
I actually have some family that's from Missouri, and my husband is an outrageous St. Louis Cardinals fan, so we go to… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm the face of the city or the Houston Astros. I'm just another guy who is playing hard to… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
My curveball is a blessing. My father taught it to me. He felt that it was a pitch he wanted me to… — Gio Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I think it's very difficult to have fewer opportunities to have success and still execute. My favorite player was Barry Bonds, and… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
“To reach a ball he has never reached before, to extend himself to the very limits of his range, and then a… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I played the triple-A Yankees when I was 20 years old, and Darryl Strawberry was on that… — Vernon Wells Copy Share Image
It runs in the family. And don't expect me to be ashamed. Yankees lock away loony relatives, but down here, we prop… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I want to be an impact hitter. I want to be a guy that's in the lineup and he's an impact. I… — Nolan Arenado Copy Share Image
The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel -… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses… — Barry Pepper Copy Share Image
Accusations fit on Greenwald really sounds like he's against all surveillance unless you can find a guy with the Al Qaeda card,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
I took great pride in not letting guys bunt on me. If you're going to get on base, you're going to have… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout… — Jon Lester Copy Share Image
The student body was huge at UT and you had to mature pretty quick, very quick actually. I enjoyed it and it… — Roger Clemens Copy Share Image
