#pitcher

If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms. ↗

— Juan Marichal

#five #give #go #going #good

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

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

— Curt Schilling

#ask #athletes #could #pitchers #player

I never faced a pitcher with better stuff than Nolan Ryan. ↗

— Robin Yount

#faced #i #never #nolan #nolan ryan

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#batter #every #great #him #more

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#pitcher #rain #save #tomorrow #you

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all. ↗

— Dwight Gooden

#better chance #chance #decided #drafted #even

Most pitchers are too smart to manage. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#most #pitchers #smart #too

All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock. ↗

— Cy Young

#get #good #got #hit #lucky

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed. ↗

— Jennie Finch

#coach #crushed #devastated #had #i