Warren Spahn Quotes

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• What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
• A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.
• A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do…
• He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and…
• I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.
• You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
• Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.
• Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those…
• When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
• I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.
• Spahn and Sain and pray for rain,
• Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.
• I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.
• The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters…
• A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.
• Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
• Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.

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