Pitcher Quotes - Page 4

• It's not fear of striking out that makes me reluctant to step up to the plate. It's the fear of getting hit in the head by a 90 mph fastball, the pitcher coming off of the mound to stomp me with her cleats while I am down, the rest of the opposing team rushing out of the dugout hurling insults as they kick me and spit on me, while all along the crowd in the stands is cheering them on and laughing at my failure. So, no, it's not the fear of striking out that keeps me from stepping up to the plate.

  Jim Copeland

  Cheer, Fear, Team

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• The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I'd be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat.

  Walter Johnson

  Baseball, Waiting, Bats

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• Si soy lanzador, mi único comentario sería que si soy lanzador de relevo, creo que me gusta la idea de calentar en el campo.

  Joe Maddon

  Thinking, Ideas, Fields

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• I learned the hard way. When I started hitting home runs, I thought, I can hit these pitches. Then I started thinking, if I can do this, I can hit the pitch four inches outside or four inches up. I expanded the zone and got myself out. Pitchers are smart. If they find out they don't have to throw strikes, they won't.

  Carlos Delgado

  Running, Smart, Home

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• The game of baseball between pitcher and hitter sets up like a game of chess in that you have to anticipate several moves ahead to set up your opponent.

  Brad Lidge

  Béisbol, Mudanza, Juegos

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• I don’t like pitchers who walk hitters. It puts pressure on your defense. The less walks you have, the better your chances of getting through innings. More walks lead to overworking your bullpen, sometimes just by having to get somebody up, just in case.

  Kevin Towers

  Defense, Pressure, Chance

  "Q&A: Kevin Towers, Diamondbacks GM". Interview with David Laurila, www.fangraphs.com. December 26, 2012.

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• When you're a pitcher for the Houston Astros and a stranger notices you in a mall in Colorado, you know things have really changed.

  Brad Lidge

  Colorado, Houston, Stranger

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• Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

  Earl Weaver

  Next Day, Starting Over, Momentum

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• Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

  Garth Brooks

  Summer, Jobs, Giving Up

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• A quien no le gusten estos lanzadores que no le guste el potry, ¿ves? A quien no le guste la potry que se vaya a casa a ver las tomas de televisión de vaqueros con grandes sombreros siendo tolerados por amables caballos. Robert Frank, suizo, discreto, simpático, con esa camarita que levanta y dispara con una sola mano succionó un poema triste de América en una película, tomando rango entre los poetas del mundo. A Robert Frank le doy ahora este mensaje: Tienes ojos.

  Jack Kerouac

  Caballo, Bonito, Ojo

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• It's hard on an all-gay softball team because no one knows if they want to be a pitcher or a catcher.

  Chelsea Handler

  Softball, Team, Gay

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• For a while I wanted to be a professional baseball pitcher, and then I wanted to be a musician and then sometimes I think I'd like to start a store for gift-wrapping Christmas presents... But I feel I could do most things I set my mind to, except mechanical things, I'm not very good at that.

  John Malkovich

  Baseball, Thinking, Mind

  "Nuevo otra vez: John Malkovich". Entrevista con Becky Johnston, www.interviewmagazine.com. 10 de diciembre de 2015.

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• No hay que tener miedo a los pequeños silencios. Utilizarlo bien es el colmo de la confianza y la habilidad de un cómico. Aumenta la tensión en el buen sentido y añade contraste como una bola curva complementa la bola rápida de un buen lanzador.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Confianza, Habilidades, Silencio

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). "Comic Insights: El arte de la comedia stand-up"

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• I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo's election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Baseball, Caring, Special

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• One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little kid crying. I found out they just lost a game, and he was the losing pitcher. I went over there, put my arm around him, and said, 'What are you crying for? When major league players lose, they don't cry.'

  Tommy Lasorda

  Kids, Player, Games

  "Q&A: Tommy Lasorda talks food, baseball and motivation, as only Mr. Dodger can". Q&A, www.presstelegram.com. July 15, 2013.

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• It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.

  Eric Davis

  Thinking, Easy, Behinds

  Biografía/Citas personales, www.imdb.com.

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• Adivinar lo que va a lanzar el lanzador es el 80% del éxito de un bateador. El otro 20% es la ejecución.

  Hank Aaron

  Successful, Guessing, Execution

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• Carlos Ruiz me ha cogido un montón de bullpens, y realmente ha trabajado desde que llegó aquí para tratar de aprender los lanzadores. Ya sabes, es un verdadero - es un tipo que quieres en tu equipo, sin duda. Trabaja incansablemente en lo que puede, y ya sabes, consiguió el gran hit para nosotros hoy.

  Clayton Kershaw

  Team, Guy, Doubt

  Fuente: m.mlb.com

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• Empecé a jugar bien y a sentirme cómodo. Esa temporada establecí el récord de Jamestown de entradas consecutivas lanzadas sin un solo paseo (40 entradas, creo) y fui nombrado lanzador del año en Jamestown.

  Graham Taylor

  Pensar, Años, Jamestown

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• All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Sports, Liars

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• ¿Qué vas a hacer? ¿Admitirte a ti mismo que los lanzadores te tienen a punto de rendirte? No puedes hacer eso. Debes hacerte a la idea de que los lanzadores son tan buenos como siempre o tan malos.

  Lou Gehrig

  Sports, Thinking, Surrender

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• I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Baseball, Believe, Tradition

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1961). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960-1961”, p.684, Best Books on

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• Though the water running in the fountain be every ones, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out?

  John Locke

  Running, Water, Doubt

  John Locke, David Wootton (1993). “Locke: Political Writings”, p.275, Hackett Publishing

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• Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist.

  Alvin Dark

  Baseball, Trying, Racist

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• Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk.

  Robin Roberts

  Beautiful, Years, League

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