I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter can have.
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.
Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.
A no-hitter is a freaky thing,' Tweet said. 'Most of the greatest pitchers never pitched one. It's a combination of a lot of little accidents.
I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective.
While I’m no Major League Baseball prospect, I have thrown a few no-hitters in my day. And not only were there no hitters, there was also nobody there to catch.
Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay down a bunt, I don't have a problem with that, even if it's late in a no-hitter.
There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
I consider Billy Keeler, Mike Tiernan, Ed Delihanty and Larrie La Joie the toughest hitters I had to pitch to, but I did not dread them. Remember, Hughie Duffy was a member of our team, so I did not face him. In my opinion, Duffy was the greatest hit...
On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that ...
Now the advantage is all with the hitters.
It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.
I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.
I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.
Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.
If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
I had never seen a perfect game or no-hitter thrown.
To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.
A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
