We had to adjust and threw a few more rise balls and curves but it worked.
The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees.
I use fast curves, pitched overhand and sidearm, fastballs, high and inside, and an underhand fade away pitch with the hand almost down to the level of the knees.
Nolan Ryan helped me with baseball, and my dad passing away gave me a bigger heart.
I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.
The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.
Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.
Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!
Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.
I'm a power guy. Good fastball. A knuckle curve, which I can throw for strikes. A changeup which sinks down and away from lefties and I can also throw for strikes.
It's good to see a kid that young learning how to pitch. He's tough.
Baseball I played literally from the time I can remember. My dad had played, my older brother played, so I always wanted to be like my older brother. That just kind of was a natural thing that I fell into.
I use my single windup, my double windup, my triple windup, my hesitation windup, my no windup. I also use my step-n-pitch-it, my submariner, my sidearmer and my bat dodger. Man's got to do what he's got to do.
