Keyword: Pitching

My problem is I lose too many one-run games – 10-9, 8-7.

American baseball pitcher

Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

professional baseball player & manager

Arthur 'Dazzy' Vance could throw a cream puff through a battleship.

American baseball player

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

When Neil Armstong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object; I knew immediately what it was… that was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Once a pitcher loses his fastball, he has to go to the garbage.

baseball player

We had a very scientific system of bringing in relief pitchers. We used the first one who answered the phone.

American baseball pitcher & pitching coach

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

When a fielder gets the pitcher in trouble, the pitcher has to pitch himself out of the slump he isn’t in.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

professional baseball player

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player

Trying to hit him is like trying to eat Jell-O® with chopsticks.

baseball player

Trying to throw a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun by a rooster.

(1929 – ) American baseball player

Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it.

(1942 – ) American baseball player

The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I found a delivery in my flaw.

(1953 – 1998) baseball player

Oh, hell, if you win twenty games they want you to do it every year.

professional baseball player

The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager