Christian Yelich Quotes

If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit.

Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.

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.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

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.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

If a pitcher makes a mistake inside, I'm going to hit it.

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

He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.

Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you, so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

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.

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

I consider myself a line drive hitter with power. I just try to put my best swing on the ball every time.

Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.

Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

I was a contact hitter my whole career but I learned how to handle the ball inside. And Ted Williams played a big part in that. He gave me the advice on how to handle inside pitches.

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.

If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.

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'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head.

The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.