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Tim McCarver

(1941–2023) Baseball Player

23 quotes in 117 categories

Tim McCarver was a baseball player, best known for Tim McCarver's Diamond Gems.

Quick Facts About Tim McCarver

Born: October 16, 1941
Died: February 16, 2023
Profession: Baseball Player
Notable works: Tim McCarver's Diamond Gems

About Tim McCarver

James Timothy McCarver was an American professional baseball catcher and television sports commentator. He played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, and Boston Red Sox from 1959 to 1980.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Tim McCarver

Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove.

Darren

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Something to keep in mind - it's raining lightly. The infield could be very wet on ground balls.

Balls

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

Dumb

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Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and…

Dumb

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I think Tim Wakefield would even say tonight that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight,

Inspirational

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The only difference between resigning and resigning is a hyphen.

Differences

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That pitch wasn't down and in, that pitch was down and up.

Down and

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If somebody told me back in 1980 that I would have a 32-year career, and that I'd be [elected into the Hall…

Awards

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The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder.

Arms

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A walk is as good as a home run.

Home

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Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes.

Dumb

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As a new day begins in New York, the sun sets in Hawaii.

Hawaii

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When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches.

Catchers

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The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to…

Country

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When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6" apart.

Dies

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Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones.

Easy

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Speed slows down the game.

Baseball

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Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs.

Baseball

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I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the…

Baseball

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One thing about ground balls: they don't go out of the ballpark.

Ballparks

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In many ways, it is easier to hit a pitcher when he is wild.

Easier

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Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game…

Doe

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When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart.

Baseball

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