Quote by Jim Bouton

The thing about throwing a fastball is, you want it to be easy, you want it to be effortless.

— Josh Beckett

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

— Rogers Hornsby

“When life throws you a curve ball, it can also throw you a crooked bat.”

— Roger McGinty

“The ball I threw while playing in the park has not yet reached the ground.”

— Dylan Thomas

“I've tucked and tried to roll after that first spread-eagle spin but soon discovered the universal truth that bowling-ball-shaped objects bounce downhill much faster…

— Stephen White

When you got someone throwing full speed and then he has to hit you on that back shoulder, you have to slow down.

— Brandin Cooks

“A player whose stroke is affected by the simultaneous explosion of a bomb may play another ball from the same place. Penalty one stroke.”

— Shaun Usher

“One of the other chaperones organized a game of dodge ball and the evening took a sudden turn for the better. I mean, where…

— McMillian Moody

The angle of entry of the ball equals the angle of release. You cannot deny the laws of science.

— Ed Palubinskas

I'm the kind of guy who, if I look inside and they throw me a fastball outside, and it's a strike, I'm going to…

— Miguel Cabrera

Once you hit the fastball good, you know they're going to try to attack you maybe a little different. When you hit the breaking…

— Tommy Pham

“Today a pitcher gets fined if the umpire thinks he threw at a batter. In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take…

— Leo Durocher