Quotes of: Hitters Keyword

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

Casey Stengel

When life throws you curve balls, become a curve ball hitter.

C.L. Swinney

Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.

Alexis Arguello

If you try to give them a scheme, most hitters will rebel.

Tony La Russa

Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.

Lou Boudreau

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

Joe Torre

I threw my best to every hitter I faced, and I found I had the strength to go all the way.

Ed Walsh

I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.

Marge Schott

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

Warren Spahn

A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.

Early Wynn

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

Hank Aaron

I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

Willie Stargell

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

Willie Stargell

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

Bob Feller

The basis of intimidation as I practiced it was mystery. I wanted the hitter to know nothing about me.

Bob Gibson

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

John McGraw

I'm probably an average hitter, at least, and if you talk to my peers, they will tell you that I hit the ball plenty far enough.

Luke Donald

When I wake up in the morning, I don't think of myself as being better than anybody else. I think of myself as a good hitter.

Tony Gwynn

Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.

Goose Gossage

If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.

Don Drysdale

Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers out 75% of the time and that's why they don't like us.

Bill Lee