Alone Quote by Christian Yelich

That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one.

— J. D. Martinez

Guys don't want to get to two strikes, so you have to make quality pitches early in the count, try to get them to…

— Stephen Strasburg

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional…

— Willie Mays

One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own…

— Anthony Rizzo

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for…

— Joe Torre

Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game.

— Rod Kanehl

You've got to try to close every inning out, take it one inning at a time, one batter at a time.

— Gerrit Cole

Hitters are too big, too strong, and their bats are too quick. I have to go inside to have success.

— Tim Hudson

A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game.

— Cy Young

I'm just a singles hitter.

— Manny Ramirez

If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.

— Don Drysdale

From my vantage point as a catcher, those are tough lineups to face when guys lay off the tough pitches and work counts and…

— Buster Posey