When the ball is over the middle of the plate, the batter is hitting it with the sweet part of the bat. When it's inside, he's hitting it with the part of the bat from the handle to the trademark.… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and then, within two years, these guys suddenly know everything… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid. — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over. — Don Drysdale 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 face the… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes. — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age. — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove. — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
We're comfortable financially, so it wasn't a financial issue that I voted Conservative. Basically, it was for the same reason we voted for Diefenbaker.… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball.… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters. — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
