Occupation: Baseball Player Birth: November 17, 1944
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..
Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize these critical si….
Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve..
Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game..
God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan..
Fenway is the essence of baseball.
Do you think it's easy to just walk up to Joe DiMaggio and start up a conversation? I've been around him at old-timers' games, and believe me, he's ….
In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for ….
Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less….
If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam..
The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball..
If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right..
Pitch within yourself..
The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own st….
You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it..
Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to pitch a no-hitter. All….
These kids today, they want to be men, they want to be foxhole guys, but they’re not being allowed to do that. Imagine if these computer geeks who ar….
The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost..
I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do th….
A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were ….
I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan..