#hitters

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

#belonged #fair #far #had #hitters

If I'd been able to put the collection together in one go, say over two years, we'd have had a special team, most wouldn't stay. One or two glory seasons and they were off. To them, the north-east was too far out. They wanted to be with the big hitters. ↗

— Bryan Robson

#been #big #collection #far #glory

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

— Don Drysdale

#four #get #guys #hitters #i

Now the advantage is all with the hitters. ↗

— Rogers Hornsby

#hitters #now

I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective. ↗

— Joe Mays

#different #different perspective #friends #game #hitters

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League. ↗

— John McGraw

#babe ruth #better #hitters #league #national