Striking out batters was easy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.
As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.
Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.
When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.
You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'
Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.
I remember when I wanted every pitch to be a strike.
Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.
Baseball wasn't easy for me.