Pitchers Quotes · Page 2

I can maybe depend on my fastball a little more than some other pitchers.

— Aroldis Chapman

Quarterbacks have to ask the crowd to quiet down. Pitchers never do.

— Thomas Boswell

“The best pitchers have a short-term memory and a bulletproof confidence”

— R.A. Dickey

The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

— Greg Maddux

I hate when pitchers get me out multiple times. It's probably an ego thing, but I don't like that.

— Cody Bellinger

Young and wiry pitchers allow for the opportunity to add muscle, which often leads to improved velocity.

— Gabe Kapler

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

— Joe Torre

I always give pitchers a hard time about it not being that hard.

— Brandon Crawford

This day and age, you look at baseball as a whole, and not just the pitchers' side of it. You have the…

— Matt Harvey

This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up…

— Jose Altuve

I don't think facing one of your own active pitchers would be a good idea, unless I got super lucky and hit…

— Theo Epstein

We're not developing pitchers the right way. We're asking them to go as hard as you can, and as short as you…

— John Smoltz

There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've…

— Jim Palmer

I think the thing I'm most excited about is the fact that I was able to, for the most part, change pitchers'…

— Jeff Francoeur

Ice your arm, after a start, pitchers will put the ice bag on their elbow and their shoulder. Makes no sense. It…

— Trevor Bauer

Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.'…

— Jon Lester

I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I…

— Bert Blyleven

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going…

— Tony La Russa

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

I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was…

— Ichiro Suzuki

It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the hitter just…

— Bruce Sutter

Sometimes I rush my swing because I am so anxious to play well. In Cuba, the quality of the pitching is not…

— Yoenis Cespedes

I had some great pitchers while in St. Louis. At first, they only 'pitched' the ball fifty feet. They had an allowance…

— Charles Comiskey

During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe…

— Ernie Banks

Sometimes pitchers' duels are just as interesting as home-run affairs.

— Cris Collinsworth

I like to get in the minds of the pitchers because sometimes they get scared.

— Juan Soto

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

— Bob Gibson

Yankee pitchers have had great success this year against Cabrera when they get him out.

— Tim McCarver

Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]

— George Herbert

I had the best opportunity to play with two of the greatest pitchers in the game.

— John Smoltz

Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.

— Harmon Killebrew

Learn the league, learn the pitchers, learn how they're going to go after you.

— Christian Yelich

There are only two things a manager needs to know: When to change pitchers and how to get along with your players.

— Bucky Harris

I don't look at myself as one of the best pitchers in the world.

— Masahiro Tanaka

Control what I can control. Study the pitchers, work hard, put the work in. That's all I can control.

— J. D. Martinez

There are more teams looking for pitchers than there are pitchers. That's why it's pricey.

— Brian Cashman

Sometimes with young pitchers, they'll kind of overdo it or overthrow a little bit.

— Aaron Boone

A Woman Never Say: It's only the third quarter, you should order a couple more pitchers.

— Nikhil Saluja

Pitchers pitch differently. Hitters, hardly anyone has the same stance. That's just how it is.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Short pitchers often have compact, repeatable mechanics that can lead to good control and command.

— Gabe Kapler