Always Quote by Stan Coveleski

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

— Bob Gibson

The spitter wasn't hard to hit when you knew a pitcher could throw it legally. But the guys to worry about were the pitchers…

— Luke Appling

When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.

— Stan Musial

I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

— Casey Stengel

I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad.

— Whitey Ford

I never resorted to the spitter until I was obliged to. I nearly ruined my arm throwing curves.

— Red Faber

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I…

— Greg Maddux

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.

— Satchel Paige

I don't think facing one of your own active pitchers would be a good idea, unless I got super lucky and hit a ball…

— Theo Epstein

I spit that crack, like I'm in that trap. So if you need a hit then I'm with that bat.

— Nicki Minaj

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.

— Dennis Eckersley

I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.

— Dennis Quaid