I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
quote by Carl Yastrzemski
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
quote by Ted Williams
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A Switch Hitter Looks for 'That' Pitch
A switch hitter looks for 'that' pitch.
That certain one,
To bat a home run off of it.
Not to swing to foul or strike out.
But to prove his game played is legit.
With the hope that a home run,
Gets some cheering from a crowd...
Paying to have fun.
And the cheering done as the hitter runs,
Is prayed not to be the only one to come.
And in the dugout the hitter is welcomed,
As a hero.
Ending with a ceasing of cracked jokes.
And the spitting out of old bubble gum chewed!
As a new pack is passed...
While the players encourage the next at bat!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.
quote by Don Drysdale
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If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
quote by Ted Williams
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
quote by Ted Williams
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The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.
The Babe Bows Out 06-13-1948
The stands are full of cheering fans
As I wait to say goodbye.
My bat serves as a crutch for me
just weeks before I’ll die.
This day in June is cold and gray,
windy, overcast and bitter.
No warmth touches my wasted frame,
I’m a mere shadow of a hitter
The grandstands are abuzz with life
I shed a single tear.
I always was a man apart,
Larger than life, I hear.
My lusts and appetites were great-
more than a mortal man’s-.
but the syllogisms true
And that is all I am.
They do not know, they cannot know
about my hopes and fears.
They see just the fading icon
Of their own glory years.
poem by John F. McCullagh
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It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.
quote by Nolan Ryan
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I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.
quote by Marge Schott
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A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.
quote by Early Wynn
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I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.
quote by Dennis Eckersley
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Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.
quote by Alexis Arguello
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
quote by Casey Stengel
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I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.
quote by Lefty Gomez
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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
quote by Willie Stargell
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Next Hitter In Blame Game
it's batter in the box
next hitter in blame game
oh mirror image its you?
poem by Terence George Craddock
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I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.
quote by Mark McGwire
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A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'
quote by Ted Williams
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What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
quote by Warren Spahn
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To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.
quote by Rogers Hornsby
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