#pitch

Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. ↗

— George Herman

#just #like #most #natural #natural thing

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ↗

— David Hume

#captivating #desires #eloquence #entirely #hearers

You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#because #clubs #could #fun #give

Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it. ↗

— Red Barber

#close #gets #how #matter #pitch

I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends. ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#being #ends #football #i #i love

I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head. ↗

— Bobby Bonilla

#bat #elect #going #head #i

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand. ↗

— Chili Davis

#bat #catch #different #face #fool

It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking. ↗

— Eric Davis

#change #easy #him #hit #mcgwire

Announcers don't do enough of the cat-and-mouse strategy and all the work that goes into it. You watch a broadcast and guys get the pitches wrong. ↗

— Al Leiter

#broadcast #enough #get #goes #guys

I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no. ↗

— Al Leiter

#body #certain #few #game #i