Tim McCarver Quotes

Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs.

Tim McCarver

Funny, Baseball, Running

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I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!

Tim McCarver

Baseball, Going Out, Bob

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The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder.

Tim McCarver

Sports, Dumb, Arms

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Yankee pitchers have had great success this year against Cabrera when they get him out.

Tim McCarver

Sports, Years, Yankees

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Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple.

Tim McCarver

Sports, Simple, Guy

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When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart.

Tim McCarver

Baseball, Feet, Hitting

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When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches.

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Mean, Giving, Use

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A walk is as good as a home run.

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Running, Home, Walks

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That pitch wasn't down and in, that pitch was down and up.

Tim McCarver

Down And

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One thing about ground balls: they don't go out of the ballpark.

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Balls, Ballparks, One Thing

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Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove.

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Watches, Use, Gloves

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When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6" apart.

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Dies

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Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones.

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Easy, Habit, Form

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Something to keep in mind - it’s raining lightly. The infield could be very wet on ground balls.

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Rain, Mind, Balls

"Time for Quadruple-A Game 7" by Bill Simmons, grantland.com. October 25, 2006.

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Speed slows down the game.

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Baseball, Games, Speed

Tim McCarver, Danny Peary (2013). “Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans: Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro”, p.269, Villard

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Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch.

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Games, Doe

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If somebody told me back in 1980 that I would have a 32-year career, and that I'd be [elected into the Hall of Fame], I'd say no way. For three years, I couldn't even break into the Phillies broadcast booth. I was just hoping to make it, much less be mentioned as a Ford Frick winner. Believe me, when I started out, this award wasn't even close to being on the radar.

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Believe, Years, Careers

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I think Tim Wakefield would even say tonight that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight.

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Thinking, Tonight

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The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

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Sports, Country, Mean

"Oh, Baby, I Love It!". Book by Ray Robinson and Tim McCarver, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1987.

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Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes.

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Sports, Dumb, Toes

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In many ways, it is easier to hit a pitcher when he is wild.

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Way, Easier, Pitcher

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As a new day begins in New York, the sun sets in Hawaii.

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New York, New Day, Hawaii

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The only difference between resigning and resigning is a hyphen.

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Sports, Differences, Hyphens

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