The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in ...
When I was fifteen, a companion and I, on a dare, went into the mound one day just at sunset. We saw some of those Indians for the first time; we got directions from them and reached the top of the mound just as the sun set. We had camping equiptment...
Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? Oh my brothers, this is the junction between those who think and those who suffer; this barricade is made neither of paving stones, nor of timbers, nor of iron; it is made of t...
I'm pretty much the one that goes to the mound.
For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.
I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound.
The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.
If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of gr...
[Ray winds up on the mound] Ray Kinsella: I'm pitching to Shoeless Joe Jackson...
Every time I take the mound, I try to win. So that's what I'm trying to do.
On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: [looking at a huge mound of dinosaur faeces] That is one big pile of shit.
I don't know that you're able to measure your aggregate wisdom as you go through life. I can't say that I ever feel that I'm sitting on top of a growing mound of wisdom.
I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
I really like Dontrelle Willis' pitch; he's animated on the mound and is fun to watch - he gets into the game emotionally.
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.
To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.
My signature look is an eighties baby doll dress, combat boots with colorful socks sticking out, and then mounds of jewelry. I love silver and turquoise. I go to Montana every winter, so I hunt around for cool pieces there.
I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind of a respectful thing.
