Top 376 Pitcher Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
When I went to home plate in a game-tied situation or with a chance to do something and help the ballclub win one, I'd try to make eye contact with the pitcher.
I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.
My first open mic, I drank a full pitcher of beer by myself. I wasn't afraid of being in front of people as much as, Is this funny?
When I was younger and inexperienced, I was a very animated pitcher. I pitched with a lot of adrenaline. I was my own worst enemy when things weren't gong well.
If you're a starting pitcher, the ball's in your hands and all eyes are you. And when you're kicking, either you missed it or you made it. So there's a lot of parallels in that.
Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.
Give me five players like Robinson and a pitcher and I'll beat any nine-man team in baseball.
You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
I like football. I like baseball. When the pitcher and the batter start fighting, that's the best.
Indolence is heaven 's ally here, And energy the child of hell : The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear But brims the poisoned well.
If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.
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.
You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game.
Maybe I'm biased because I'm a pitcher, but I think that's pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles an hour.
I think a pitcher in baseball is the most relatable position to a specialist in football, because you get a limited opportunity to prove your worth to the team.
What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
Eternally, woman spills herself away in driblets to the thirsty, seldom being allowed the time, the quiet, the peace, to let the pitcher fill up to the brim.
On our first date, all Anne wanted to talk about was Bob Feller, the new pitcher for the Cleveland Indians.
I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.
When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games
Even if I have a successful and plentiful N.B.A. career, someday I am going to go back and try to be a big league pitcher.
In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.
I used to be hyper, throw crazy and not think about what I wanted to do with each pitch. Now I have a better understanding of what it is to be a major league pitcher.
It was a wine jar when the molding began: as the wheel runs round why does it turn out a water pitcher?
Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper?
They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
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.
I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until it feels right.
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?
I'm always just grinding and figuring out what adjustment I need to make and how to tweak my swing to where I want it to be for that game and that pitcher.
If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.
A good time to hit is with men on base, because the pitcher ain't got no place to put you. He's going to get that ball around there somewhere. He don't want to walk you.
A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.
This day and age, you look at baseball as a whole, and not just the pitchers' side of it. You have the weight programs, you have the technology, and as a pitcher, you need to keep up.
You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it.
If you asked a baseball pitcher from the '50s what a middle reliever was, he'd laugh at you. In the '50s, everyone pitched complete games.
As a pitcher, you're supposed to succeed, and you're not supposed to give up a hit.
I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
Any strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day.
I'm the best. That's why I'm so relaxed out there. You've got to have some arrogant bones in your body, especially to be a pitcher in the big leagues.
Nothing makes a pitcher feel more secure than the sight of his teammates circling the bases during a ball game.
I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point.
Personally, I think fans would rather watch a DH hit than a pitcher hit.
Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs.
I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.
Dad liked to self-deprecatingly joke about his career, but Ernie Johnson was a pretty darn good relief pitcher.
Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet you've got to have endurance.
They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.
When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches.
Back in the day when I played, a pitcher had 3 pitches: a fastball, a curveball, a slider, a changeup and a good sinker pitch.
The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.
Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.
You can't go out to the mound, hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.