Tom Seaver
Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's enough. You've fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!'Collection: War
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 consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
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.
I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I can't. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.
My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.
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.
There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it's spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at an individual's mechanics. And you can't look at his genes. It should come from the individual and the pitching coach and the manager.
There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.
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, starting from when they signed their first contract.
It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.
I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.
Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. I've never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.
There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. They're all different.
What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.
The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.
Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.
Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.
I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.
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 consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.Collection: Leadership
You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.Collection: Honor
God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.Collection: New York
There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.Collection: Baseball
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 Little Leaguers.Collection: Baseball
If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.Collection: Baseball
Fenway is the essence of baseballCollection: Baseball
The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.Collection: Dedication
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 I want to do is the best I can, day after day. In other words, I want to prove I am the best.Collection: Softball
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 are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They’d be telling our soldiers: ‘That’s enough. You’ve fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!’Collection: Baseball
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 that very well.Collection: Artist
I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.Collection: Yankees
Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.Collection: Games
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 situations and rise to the occasion with consistency and a competitive spirit.Collection: Softball
Pitch within yourself.Collection: Motivational
There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.Collection: Different
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 strengths.Collection: Softball
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.Collection: Winning
It's (baseball) on the radio and in the newspapers every day, the only game you can follow on that basis. From whatever arm's length you choose, it's always there.Collection: Baseball
Lou Brock, along with Maury Wills, are probably the two players most responsible for the biggest change in the game over the last fifteen years - the stolen base.Collection: Player
Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. Ive never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.Collection: Team
My job isn't to strike guys out, it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.Collection: Baseball
He (Joe Morgan) knew when something needed to be done, and he'd do it.Collection: Done