Pitcher Quotes
242 quotes by 173 authors
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During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but…
— Ernie Banks
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It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How…
— Ernie Banks
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All pitchers are liars or crybabies.
— Yogi Berra
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Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just…
— Garth Brooks
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Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
— Ty Cobb
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If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.
— Sparky Anderson
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Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.
— Hank Aaron
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The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow…
— Hank Aaron
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A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
— Early Wynn
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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 timid.
— Don Drysdale
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To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback.
— Steve Hovley
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Give me five players like Robinson and a pitcher and I'll beat any nine-man team in baseball.
— Chuck Dressen
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A good base stealer should make the whole infield jumpy. Whether you steal or not, you're changing the rhythm of the game. If the pitcher…
— Joe Morgan
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Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is…
— Maya Angelou
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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.
— Warren Spahn
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Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a…
— Jamie Moyer
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A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important…
— Nolan Ryan
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The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of…
— Tom Seaver
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Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to…
— Tom Seaver
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A pitcher never gets me out. I get myself out. That's no disrespect to the pitcher, but there should be no excuse for failure. You…
— Mike Piazza
Who Wrote These Pitcher Quotes
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