Fastballs Quote by Bruce Sutter Download Open image “The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.” — Bruce Sutter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fastballs Important Life Most My life Pitches Three Threw Were
Back in the day when I played, a pitcher had 3 pitches: a fastball, a curveball, a slider, a changeup and a good sinker pitch. — Mike Shannon Copy Share Image
Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches. — Dennis Eckersley Copy Share Image
The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around. — Luis Tiant Copy Share Image
My best pitch is my fastball. It's probably the most difficult pitch to hit. In my case, batters have very little reaction time. — Aroldis Chapman Copy Share Image
I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at… — Steve Carlton Copy Share Image
I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent of the… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was… — Phil Niekro Copy Share Image
Kerry Wood had the best fastball. He threw one at my kneecaps once. I don't know how I jackknifed away. He might not have… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
I have an older son, Josh, and growing up, he just didn't care that much for baseball. And that was fine. But Chaddie, he… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
It's not good or bad, but closers have changed things. I don't think you are going to win a World Series without one. Where… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild. — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
Young pitchers don't throw enough in the minor leagues, and when they get to the majors, they don't have the stamina; their arms haven't… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the hitter just swings and… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
It's that way all the way down the line. I've got a boy coaching college ball and another son coaching high school. All the… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
My sons remember me most as a Cardinal. My one son is 26 years old, and I don't think he's ever seen me without… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
I'm certainly thankful for what the Cubs did for me. I respect their organization. It's the same way with the Atlanta Braves, an awfully… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in other sports,… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks like a… — Dizzy Dean Copy Share Image
(Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge for a… — Ira Berkow Copy Share Image
I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You have to… — Roger Clemens Copy Share Image
I guess I prefer the laughs. I couldn't do a whole set of just shocks, but I like throwing a fastball inside every now… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary. — Ted Lyons Copy Share Image
I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed… — Stan Musial Copy Share Image
I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was… — Phil Niekro Copy Share Image
The last start of spring training, my (cut fastball) was okay. It just wasn't what I wanted it to be. I tried to work… — Roy Halladay Copy Share Image
Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy. — Warren Spahn Copy Share Image
You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee! — Walter Johnson Copy Share Image
It's no fun throwing fastballs to guys who can't hit them. The real challenge is getting them out on the stuff they can hit. — Sam McDowell Copy Share Image
