Cody Bellinger Quotes

I'm a good hitter for a pitcher.

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.

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

Baseball is a team game.

You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.

I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.

If my barrel meets the ball, I think good things are going to happen.

I couldn't hit a home run to save my life, and I was a sucker for the curveball.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

It's fun; baseball's fun.

The difference between a home run and a swing-and-a-miss is, what, an inch and a half? You can throw a great pitch, the guy makes a great swing. And if it's at a guy, it's an out. That's the beauty of baseball, really. There's not just one guy in control.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss.

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.

I wanted to play baseball!

As long as the ball is thrown by a human being, I have the confidence to hit any pitch, no matter how fast it comes.

Baseball began early for me. When I was 5, my father took two Little League bats and put them on a lathe. He whittled them down and sanded the bats so they were the proper size for my brother and me. He began by throwing tennis balls to us. Eventually, we practiced hitting and fielding at a field near our house.

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.

I love to be around baseball.