Hitter Quotes

• If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.

  

  Ted Williams
  • Man
  • Born
  • Hitter

• We need to not do those types of things. When you've got your best hitter at the plate, and you're struggling to score some runs, we need him swinging the bat.

  

  Brad Wilkerson
  • Need
  • Struggling
  • Bat

• I've always been a streaky hitter. For the most part, when my home runs come, they come in bunches.

  

  Adrian Gonzalez
  • Home
  • Hitter
  • Bunches

• I tried to throw a fastball inside, and the ball kind of slipped out of my hand where I didn't want to throw it. That was a big mistake. If I walk Chipper in that situation and get a groundball with the next hitter, then nothing happens and I should win the game 2-0.

  

  Carlos Zambrano
  • Mistake
  • Fastball
  • Slipped

• The leadoff-hitter thing, I think, it's always nice to have an established leadoff hitter and to have someone who can really get on base and set the tone.

  

  Theo Epstein
  • Set
  • Tone
  • Hitter

• I don't want to talk about my hitting. My job is to pitch a good ballgame every time out. The triple was a gift. I take pride in my hitting, but I'm not a hitter.

  

  Carlos Zambrano
  • Job
  • Pitch
  • I Am Not

• I've never been a good hitter.

  

  David Ross
  • Been
  • Hitter

• A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.

  

  Warren Spahn
  • Upset
  • Timing
  • Hitter

• I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Woman
  • Cruel
  • Hitter

• You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

  

  Edward Charles Ford
  • Working
  • Weakness
  • Count

• People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.

  

  Andruw Jones
  • Lead
  • Hitter
  • Inning

• I say this respectfully. He's a freak. He's a very good hitter without a strike zone. He can hit the ball in, hit the ball off the plate away, hit the ball up and go get the ball that's down. He covers the plate, and beyond.

  

  Jamie Moyer
  • Freak
  • Hitter
  • Strike zone

• In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.

  

  Eugen Herrigel
  • Reality
  • Hitter
  • Archery

• They caught a break and their best hitter came up, and that's that. This stings. It's hard. But the umps do a great job. Things happen so fast out there.

  

  Craig Biggio
  • Job
  • Best
  • Break

• What makes a good pinch hitter? I wish the hell I knew.

  

  Bobby Murcer
  • Hitter
  • Pinch

• If you walk somebody, you just have to get the next hitter out. You can't be frustrated about walks or who is on base. If you've got good stuff that night, you're good enough to get the next hitter out.

  

  Carlos Zambrano
  • Walk
  • Get
  • Frustrated