Juan Marichal Quotes

Dominica, Baseball Player
1937

Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets.

If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms.

Juan Marichal
- Start
- Leagues
- Innings
You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair.

Juan Marichal
- Zone
- Belonged
- Pitchers

My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day.

Juan Marichal
- Effective
- Kick
- Leg
I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do. I can get any pitch I want over the plate.

Juan Marichal
- Want
- Get
- Pitch
The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger.

Juan Marichal
- Stronger
- Arm
- Throwing
We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.

Juan Marichal
- Kids
- Best
- Godfather
Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels.

Juan Marichal
- White
- Days
- Teammates
There is no way to have a strong arm if you don't throw enough.

Juan Marichal
- Strong
- Throw
- Arm