Baseball Quote by W. P. Kinsella Download Open image “Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle.” — W. P. Kinsella ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Baseball Bottles Catching Games Lighting Pitching Softball
A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game. — Cy Young Copy Share Image
I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“A no-hitter is a freaky thing,' Tweet said. 'Most of the greatest pitchers never pitched one. It's a combination of a lot of little… — Duane Decker Copy Share Image
I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game. — Dennis Eckersley Copy Share Image
“While I’m no Major League Baseball prospect, I have thrown a few no-hitters in my day. And not only were there no hitters, there… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
As a pitcher, you're supposed to succeed, and you're not supposed to give up a hit. — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying. — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't… — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
When I played, a pitcher could throw at you any time he wanted to. In fact, he could tell you he was going to… — Lloyd Waner Copy Share Image
To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. — Steve Hovley Copy Share Image
Certain pitches you throw, they lay off them like they knew it was coming. — Mark Buehrle Copy Share Image
I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio. — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions. — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
Find something that thrills you, and when you finish reading it for enjoyment, read it again line by line, paragraph by paragraph to see… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word will raise… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
My intuition told me that it was the grass that was important.Now it glows parrot-green, cool as mint, soft as moss, lying there like… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days. — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to… — Gaylord Perry Copy Share Image
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs. — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be… — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
Pitchers pitch differently. Hitters, hardly anyone has the same stance. That's just how it is. — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
I don't want the electronic strike zone. I like the element of sometimes pitches don't get called. Guys don't receive it well or whatever… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH to the National League. — George Brett Copy Share Image
In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy… — Harry Caray Copy Share Image
When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image