Pitcher Quotes - Page 8

• I used to be hyper, throw crazy and not think about what I wanted to do with each pitch. Now I have a better understanding of what it is to be a major league pitcher.

  Johan Santana

  Crazy, Thinking, League

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• It's good to be compared with Randy Johnson, and it's wonderful to be compared to all the best pitchers in the game.

  Johan Santana

  Games, Wonderful, All The Best

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• In order for you to win a game, a lot of things have to go right. Your team has to win. Your team has to perform. When you talk about striking out people or ERA, that's personal stuff and where you show people what kind of pitcher you are.

  Johan Santana

  Team, Winning, Order

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• I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was with the major league team that came to Japan in 1996, just before he became a superstar. I'm anxious to see how much he's improved. And I'm anxious to see how much I've improved against him.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Team, Reality, Japan

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• You have to understand what they (pitchers) do. That's my job. You have to find a way to get them
  through the game if they're not feeling good. When everything is going good and
  they're feeling one-hundred percent, it's my job to keep them that way. And you know what? If I see something, I'm going to let them know.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Games, Feel Good

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• I come out here every day, and my job is important when it comes to being there
  every day and being there for my pitchers. I really want to be known more as a
  defensive guy, and take my pitchers to the next level. Every time I go out on
  the field, I take a lot of pride in what I do at the plate, but I take a lot
  more pride in what I do behind the plate.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Pride, Guy

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• (Mike) Schmitty provided what the relief pitchers need most, home runs and great defense. He's the best third baseman that I ever played with, and maybe of all-time. Obvious Hall of Famer, even then. He retired while on top of his game. I thought for sure he was going to hit 600 home runs.

  Steve Carlton

  Running, Home, Games

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• I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power.

  Barry Bonds

  Thinking, Bats, Balls

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• (Barry) Bonds' records must remain part of baseball's history. His hits happened. Erase them and there will be discrepancies in baseball's bookkeeping about the records of the pitchers who gave them up. George Orwell said that in totalitarian societies, yesterday's weather could be changed by decree. Baseball, indeed America, is not like that. Besides, the people who care about the record book - serious fans - will know how to read it. That may be Bonds' biggest worry.

  George Will

  Baseball, Book, Weather

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• I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

  Joe Torre

  Hurt, Hands, Balls

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• Primarily, every rule change over the past ten years has been against the pitchers - lowering the mound and the designated hitter.

  Gaylord Perry

  Change, Past, Years

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• Little pitchers have big ears.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Ears

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• There are only two things a manager needs to know: When to change pitchers and how to get along with your players.

  Bucky Harris

  Player, Two, Needs

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• I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.

  Earl Weaver

  Funny, Baseball, Wife

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• A pitcher is only as good as his legs.

  Early Wynn

  Legs, Pitching

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When the ball is over the middle of the plate, the batter is hitting it with the sweet part of the bat. When it's inside, he's hitting it with the part of the bat from the handle to the trademark. When it's outside, he's hitting it with the end of the bat. You've got to keep the ball away from the sweet part of the bat. To do that, the pitcher has to move the hitter off the plate.

  Don Drysdale

  Sweet, Moving, Bats

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• As much as you love to finish games and all that kind of stuff, at the same time as a starting pitcher you hate to come out of a game where your closer has no margin for error, ... So at least with one guy on, Braden's got a little margin to make a mistake.

  Tom Glavine

  Hate, Mistake, Errors

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• If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages.

  Michael Lewis

  Different, Needs, Dozen

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• Coaching third with a pitcher on base is like being a member of a bomb disposal squad. The thing could blow up in your face at any moment.

  Rocky Bridges

  Blow, Squad, Coaching

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• There are a lot of pitchers in baseball who should celebrate his life and what he did for the game of baseball.

  Tommy John

  Baseball, Games, Celebrate

  "Dr. Frank Jobe dies at age 88" by Mark Saxon, abcnews.go.com. March 07, 2014.

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• I don't know why you would trade a stud pitcher.

  Anna Benson

  Trade, Studs, Knows

  "‘Baseball’ & chain" by Sean Daly, nypost.com. November 17, 2011.

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• I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.

  David Cone

  Thinking

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• Im a finesse pitcher without the finesse.

  David Cone

  Finesse

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• Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.

  Dan Quisenberry

  Littles, Bugs, Wonderful

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• Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.

  Dan Quisenberry

  Losing, Fastballs

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