Ahead Quote by Max Scherzer

Sometimes I have to try to remind myself that I don't try to strike out hitters.

— Max Scherzer

I'm not trying to strike them out, but there are certain situations, when it's an 0-2 count or a 1-2 count, when I want…

— Max Scherzer

You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going…

— Whitey Ford

The simple approach is that if I stay aggressive, I'll hit less often with two strikes in the count. I've been aggressive, but I've…

— Curtis Granderson

You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm trying to…

— Eric Gagne

The majority of the time with two strikes I'll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as short as…

— Chase Utley

I just have to make sure that I am controlling the strike zone and my swing is on time so I give myself the…

— Tommy Pham

We always talk about swing counts. If you can get from a 2-1 count to a 3-1 count versus a 2-2 count, that's big.…

— Kyle Schwarber

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

— Rogers Hornsby

As a batter, I just try to put myself in a bubble, not letting anything in from the outside, looking only at how many…

— Ben Stokes

There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.

— Pete Rose

The biggest thing I want is for the hitter coming up behind me to get a good pitch to hit.

— Johnny Damon