Keyword: Pitching (Page 2)

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

baseball player
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
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Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player
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Gibson's the luckiest pitcher I've ever seen because he always picks the night to pitch when the other team doesn't score any runs.

American baseball player & commentator
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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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We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) 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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My problem is I lose too many one-run games – 10-9, 8-7.

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

baseball player
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Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
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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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Reporter: Is it true that you’d throw at your own mother.
Gomez: You’re damn right I would, she’s a good hitter.

(1908 – 1989) American 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
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The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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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
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
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Throw strikes – home plate don't move.

American baseball player
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Not intentionally, but I sweat easily.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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