Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.
I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.
When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
[On Willie Mays] He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out.
Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.