Pitcher Quotes
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He's a four-pitch pitcher. He mixes it up well, and he kept us off-balance.
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But it was good to help us get off to a fast start. It's always nice when you get any pitcher a run in the first. And Brandon pitched real well tonight.
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He's a good pitcher that's got electrifying stuff. He throws in the upper 90s and has an unbelievable slider. I think he's a great pickup for us. I'm very excited to have him.
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Break your pitcher against a rock. We don't need any longer to haul pieces of the ocean around.
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People keep telling me I never lived up to my potential, that I wasted my talent. . . I just didn't have as much as people thought. I got more ink for doing less than any pitcher who ever lived.
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The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
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The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. The farmer loves the dramatic, and slugging is more dramatic than even the cleverest pitching.
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Today we just took our lumps. We came across a good pitcher, and he pitched well and hit his spots.
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When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.
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The pressure is all on the pitcher. He doesn't want me to get a hit, and he doesn't want to walk me. There are probably a lot of negative thoughts bouncing around in his head.
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I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No. 1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league.
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I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?
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Everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty.
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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.
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The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw-Bob Gibson.
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A pitcher never gets me out. I get myself out. That's no disrespect to the pitcher, but there should be no excuse for failure. You can't have an excuse to fail.
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I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate.
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My age doesn't matter. I'm a good pitcher. Once I'm on my game, I can't fail.
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During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot of depth. They have a lot of long relievers, short relievers, and the strategy is different.
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How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the hall.
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The pitcher has to throw a strike sooner or later, so why not hit the pitch you want to hit and not the one he wants you to hit?
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It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.
