Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks… — Dizzy Dean Copy Share Image
(Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge… — Ira Berkow Copy Share Image
I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You… — Roger Clemens Copy Share Image
I guess I prefer the laughs. I couldn't do a whole set of just shocks, but I like throwing a fastball inside… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did… — Ted Lyons Copy Share Image
I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up… — Stan Musial Copy Share Image
I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays.… — Phil Niekro Copy Share Image
The last start of spring training, my (cut fastball) was okay. It just wasn't what I wanted it to be. I tried… — Roy Halladay Copy Share Image
Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy. — Warren Spahn Copy Share Image
You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee! — Walter Johnson Copy Share Image
It's no fun throwing fastballs to guys who can't hit them. The real challenge is getting them out on the stuff they… — Sam McDowell Copy Share Image
The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's… — Dizzy Dean Copy Share Image
I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my… — Steve Carlton Copy Share Image
I lost the good stuff on my fastball. I had to come up with something to keep me in the league. The… — Ted Lyons Copy Share Image
The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around. — Luis Tiant Copy Share Image
Back in the day when I played, a pitcher had 3 pitches: a fastball, a curveball, a slider, a changeup and a… — Mike Shannon Copy Share Image
I'm a fastball hitter. It's no secret I'm looking for a fastball every pitch. I think it's one of the hardest things… — Carlos Delgado Copy Share Image
When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's. — Tommy John Copy Share Image
Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself. — Dan Quisenberry Copy Share Image
Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
Greg Maddux is probably the best pitcher in all of baseball along with Roger Clemens. He's much more intelligent than I am… — Randy Johnson Copy Share Image
Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
