Ben Zobrist Quotes

There are some great pitchers in this league. You're going to get fooled sometimes. They're going to get you.

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.

Strikeouts are part of my game.

As a batter, I would want to see that the best bowler is in my side so I don't have to face him.

The pitcher is in trouble, not me. He has to throw it over the plate and I have to put a good swing on it.

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Balls and strikes are the basic tenet to everything in baseball. From the perspective of hitting, pitching, offense and defense, it's all about the strike zone and how the battle is waged there between the pitcher and hitter.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

I'm a good hitter for a pitcher.

I kept listening in the minor leagues, and even earlier than that, people would say, 'If you don't hit the fastball, you're not going to get to the big leagues.' Every game, you're going to get a fastball.

I am a baseball player and I enjoy getting batters out and that is what I want to continue doing.

You never hit a good slider or curveball; you just try to go after the mistakes.

That's how baseball works. You put some good swings on the ball and it goes out of there.

Mike Trout. Jose Ramírez. Mookie Betts. All these guys walk, and they swing at strikes.

My fingers are too short to enable me to get grip enough on the ball to pitch a deep curve, so that I have been compelled to depend more on drops, straight balls and the different artifices known to pitchers to deceive the batter.

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.

I consider Billy Keeler, Mike Tiernan, Ed Delihanty and Larrie La Joie the toughest hitters I had to pitch to, but I did not dread them. Remember, Hughie Duffy was a member of our team, so I did not face him. In my opinion, Duffy was the greatest hitter.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk.