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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
The biggest thing I want is for the hitter coming up behind me to get a good pitch to hit.
As we left the kitchen, I asked, "Can I hold your sword today?"
Catcher glanced back over his shoulder and lifted a brow.
"The sword," I corrected. "The sword."
We'll see.
In baseball, you're always moving people around.
My dad and I, we used to play baseball. I was the catcher. Which I liked. Until one day, I saw this game on TV, and I said, Hang on, how come their catcher doesn't have his hands tied to his ankles?
A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.
A team of giants needs giant pitchers who throw good ideas but every pitcher needs an outstanding catcher. Without giant catchers, the ideas of the giant pitchers may eventually disappear.
Who is his manager? Milton Bradley.
When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Mention in baseball's official record books, however, requires that catchers play a minimum of 156 games in a season,
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.
A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.
What's the deal with Johnny Damon? He can't hit. He can't catch. He can't throw. He's sort of the five-tool guy ... without any of the tools!
He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.
You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.
Young man, if that bat comes down, you're out of the game
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.
When the catcher throws down a curveball, I'm like, 'Okay, I can definitely do that.' If I miss with it, I'm still ready to throw it again.
I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.
Would you like a paddle to help you up Shit Creek in your douchecanoe? Catcher
I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians.
The sound of the bat is the music of spring training.
I think I do a great job in the outfield.
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
In baseball, you don't know nothin'.
Joe Torre, who switched to first base because he didn't want to go through life as Chicken Catcher Torre. Never got a dinner!
Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.
All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try.
When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches.
Baseball is just my job.
I'm pretty much the one that goes to the mound.
I try to execute pitches and get guys out.
To reach a ball he has never reached before, to extend himself to the very limits of his range, and then a step farther, this is the shortstop's dream.
The way we're going ... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.
The human hand is made complete by the addition of a baseball.
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
That whole thing about, 'Hey, ex-catchers are the best managers.' Listen, pitching coaches have some brains, too. Sometimes they're not all there, but sometimes they are.
He bats like a lightning rod.
Oh, to be a center fielder, a center fielder- and nothing more
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
The umpire ... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of order.
Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.
Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.
Derek Randall bats like an octopus with piles
To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.
Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter.
In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
I want to make guys put the ball in play. If I give up ten hits, then I give up ten hits. But I want to work on making them earn it.
He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
What the Yankees need is a second base coach.
All day you wait for the pitch you like; then when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it.
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.
(Al) Lopez is a great believer in speed and hustle, in the go-go style of baseball. No other manager is so determined a foe of stodgy baseball, lack of hustle and slipshod practices and so powerful an advocate of the unexpected.
I just umpire. That's what I've done. That's all I can do. I'm one of the fortunate ones on God's earth. I found what God meant for me to do. People ask if I like working home plate best. I just want to be between the white lines. That's where I belong, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
Good afternoon ... My name is Lucy ... I'm going to be your right-fielder ... Our special today is a misjudged fly-ball. We also have a nice bobbled ground ball and an exellent late throw to the infield ... I'll be back in a moment to take your order.
I always wanted to be a shortstop so I could play more often!
He (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it, but when he got two strikes on you, he'd break out one that even he didn't know where it was going.
A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio.
I told him (Pete Rose, Jr.) who to watch. I said if you want to be a catcher, watch Johnny Bench. If you want to be a right-handed power hitter, watch Mike Schmidt. If you just want to be a hitter, watch me.
In baseball, you've got to keep working.
To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.
For hitter or pitcher, rookie or veteran, baseball has long been defined by failure rather than success, the old a-.300-hitter-gets-out-7-times-in-10-at-bats truism. Dealing with and managing failure is an essential - some would say the essential - part of the job description.
The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside.
There's so much attached to playing shortstop that you lose your concentration on hitting, unless you're a natural hitter. There's so much to think about in the field, you don't have time to think about what you did at the plate last time. 'How did he get me out?'
The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch.
I'm going to give up hits, so I'm going to need to get some ground balls, double plays and stuff like that. That's just kind of my game.
I love first base. I want to get better.
Batter up! I want to play with some balls.
I'm a baseball freak.
Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?
You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.
Well, " I began,"I've been roped into shenanigans."
Without preface, Catcher muttered a curse ,then leaned over slipped his wallet from his jeans, and pulled out a twenty-dollar bill, which he handed to Mallory.
I use high velocity to keep hitters off balance.
I jack, I rob, I sin. Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson 'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen
Who cares if you bunt for a base hit?
One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.
In the sixties, dear Bill, we did not say 'top' and 'bottom' - we said 'pitcher' and 'catcher' ...
Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.
I'm in the major league now.
As a kid, I loved to play centerfield. I loved to make diving catches.
Nothing makes a pitcher feel more secure than the sight of his teammates circling the bases during a ball game.
When I'm at bat, I'm in scoring position.
A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.
You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.
I'm a finesse pitcher without the finesse.
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.
The most overrated underrated player in baseball.
He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.
Well, you know, Pudge Rodriguez, obviously is as good as it gets.
Bruce Sutter and his new pitch, the split finger fastball, fascinate the manager of the Cuban national teams. 'We must find out about this new weapon,' he said. 'Are the American hitters plotting to murder him?
It's a base hit on the error by Roberts.