#pitcher

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. ↗

— Sandy Koufax

#became #good #hit #i #make

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher. ↗

— Sandy Koufax

#good #guy #intends #pitcher #throw

Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready. ↗

— Paul Waner

#back #bat #draw #draws #first

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out. ↗

— Carl Yastrzemski

#gets #make #out #pitcher #sometimes

Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms. ↗

— Cy Young

#arms #control #days #enough #every

The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four. ↗

— Keith Hernandez

#better #four #just #pitchers #starting

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it. ↗

— Al Leiter

#chess #pitcher #play #setting #up

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter. ↗

— Mark McGwire

#better chance #box #chance #come #every

There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#altogether #cure #gone #off #only

It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#best #could #dedicated #did #figure