Occupation: Sportscaster Birth: October 16, 1941
In many ways, it is easier to hit a pitcher when he is wild..
One thing about ground balls: they don't go out of the ballpark..
The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder..
Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple..
When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches..
As a new day begins in New York, the sun sets in Hawaii..
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..
A walk is as good as a home run..
That pitch wasn't down and in, that pitch was down and up..
If somebody told me back in 1980 that I would have a 32-year career, and that I'd be [elected into the Hall of Fame], I'd say no way. For three years….
When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6" apart..
When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart..
I think Tim Wakefield would even say tonight that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight..
I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitchi….
Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs..
Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones..
The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this cou….
Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes..
Speed slows down the game..
The only difference between resigning and resigning is a hyphen..
Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove..