Keyword: Pitching

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

They can’t hit it while I’m standing here holding it.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

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

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

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

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

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

He’s throwing grounders.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

American baseball pitcher

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

baseball player

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

professional 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

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

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

American baseball player

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

If I knew he was gonna throw a no-hitter, I would have thrown one too.

professional 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

He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He can embarrass the batter on one pitch and the catcher on the next.

baseball player