The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
“Only one person can own any plate at a time. It belongs to the pitcher, or it belongs to the batter, Aiken,… — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client. — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
People keep telling me I never lived up to my potential, that I wasted my talent. . . I just didn't have… — Bo Belinsky Copy Share Image
When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way.… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first… — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder.… — Greg Maddux Copy Share Image
Liza poured thick batter from a pitcher onto a soapstone griddle. The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanoes formed… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
I watched the guy that hits a home run, and he comes across the plate and he points skyward, like thanking for… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
A Song of the good green grass! A song no more of the city streets; A song of farms - a song… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Everyone watches everyone pitch. If they're doing good, you're trying to take something out of them. I've taken something from probably every… — Zack Greinke Copy Share Image
The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Certain guys are like relief pitchers; they come off the bench, they don’t know when they’re playing – you come in and… — Marshall Faulk Copy Share Image
“Wei cleared his throat and said, “Have you heard the saying ' The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself… — Gail Tsukiyama Copy Share Image
A team of giants needs giant pitchers who throw good ideas but every pitcher needs an outstanding catcher. Without giant catchers, the… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
I have an Alka-Seltzer bat. You know-plop, plop, fizz, fizz, when the pitcher sees me walking up there he says, 'Oh, what… — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
The rain washed away my pitcher's mound... I'm a pitcher without a mound... I'm a lost soul... I'm like a politician out… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
I've never seen anything like that before. Usually when home teams break up no-hit bids, the crowd cheers the hit and cheers… — Corey Koskie Copy Share Image
I loved baseball. I was a pitcher. I loved being on the mound because I also loved being at the center of… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Eternally, woman spills herself away in driblets to the thirsty, seldom being allowed the time, the quiet, the peace, to let the… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image
I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silence so far, without spilling a… — Jeffrey McDaniel Copy Share Image
If someone told my parents that their oldest child was going to be a major league pitcher, they wouldn't have believed it. — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
I would say I was jock. I went to Sierra College. I was a big baseball player. Getting into the MLB was… — Ryan Guzman Copy Share Image
It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
Even if I have a successful and plentiful N.B.A. career, someday I am going to go back and try to be a… — Pat Connaughton Copy Share Image
The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering, finding new handles for… — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going… — Leo Durocher Copy Share Image
Watching Clayton Kershaw in the very first game of the 2014 season, I realized that he's not overpowering; he's deceptive. It's the… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn't… — Kabir 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
It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just… — Dan Quisenberry Copy Share Image
After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
If I could help the pitcher as much as I can, or I could save three to five errors a year with… — Cody Bellinger Copy Share Image
I didn't feel empty. I wished I'd felt empty. ... I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
