#pitch

And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#focused #honestly #i #i can #league

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#coleman #conditioning #designed #first #first time

If I went in to pitch this show to a network, I would be laughed out of the room. ↗

— Pat Sajak

#laughed #network #out #pitch #room

I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do. ↗

— Johan Santana

#competing #decided #go #going #i

For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page. ↗

— George Saunders

#assume #become #bit #definition #dropping

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#before #death #game #i #pitch

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#ask #athletes #could #pitchers #player

London is completely unpredictable when it comes to weather. You'll start a scene, and it's a beautiful morning. You get there at 6 in the morning, set up, you start the scene, start shooting. Three hours later, it is pitch black and rainy. ↗

— David Schwimmer

#black #comes #completely #get #hours

The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball. ↗

— Tom Seaver

#best #fastball #good #pitch #rising

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and the television cameras, it's completely different. ↗

— Alan Shearer

#completely #different #front #go #out