Keyword: Pitching

Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
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Throw strikes – home plate don't move.

American baseball player
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I throw the ball as hard as ever, but it just takes longer to get to the plate.

American baseball pitcher
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Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
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Trying to hit him is like trying to eat Jell-O® with chopsticks.

baseball player
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I’m throwing twice as hard, but the ball is getting there half as fast.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

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

professional baseball player
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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
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I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player
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He’s throwing grounders.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

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

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

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager
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He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.

American baseball player & commentator
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Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

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

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager
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Arthur 'Dazzy' Vance could throw a cream puff through a battleship.

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

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

American baseball pitcher
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