Don Drysdale Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
July 23, 1936 – July, 3, 1993.

Donald Scott Drysdale (July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. A right-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire career in Major League Baseball, Drysdale was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984.

Also known as Sports Commentator

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

Don Drysdale
- Team
I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.

Don Drysdale
- Game
- Hate
- Mad

If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.

Don Drysdale
Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don't back up their beards.

Don Drysdale
- Up
When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.

Don Drysdale
- Up
When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes.

Don Drysdale
- World
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

Don Drysdale
A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face the facts, it's all over baby.

Don Drysdale
- Baby
- Cancer