Pitching Quotes

208 quotes by 116 authors

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day. — Sandy Koufax
I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body. — Sandy Koufax
The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You… — Sandy Koufax
There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by… — Sandy Koufax
Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood. — Walter Johnson
(Bob) Feller isn't quite as fast as I was. — Walter Johnson
I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can. — Walter Johnson
I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous… — Walter Johnson
Nobody saw it, he (Rogers Hornsby) hit it and it disappeared. — Walter Johnson
The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I… — Walter Johnson
I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We can't tell where… — Luis Tiant
If we lose today, it will be over my dead body. They'll have to leave me face down on the mound. — Luis Tiant
I give him (Frank Howard during April 28, 1968 two-hitter) shoulder, back, foot and the ball last," and Frank Howard commented, "He threw everything at… — Luis Tiant
I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance. — Luis Tiant
Normal relations, never. We should never forget what has happened to the people in Cuba for forty years. All baseball cares about is getting players… — Luis Tiant
If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters. — Don Drysdale
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 about… — Don Drysdale
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. Their… — Don Drysdale
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,… — Don Drysdale
I just reared back and let them go. — Bob Feller

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