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When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.

— Juan Marichal

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The year after my father died, I started football training. He was the drive for me; he was my idol. I said to myself, 'I have to run just like him. I have to shoot just like him.'

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg.

— Ben Zobrist

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

— Warren Spahn

He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.

— Gary McCord

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

— Mia Hamm

When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'

— Aaron Rodgers

Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.

— Ivan Lendl

✗Opposing Perspectives

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.

— Sachin Tendulkar

I could hit the damn ball. No matter who was throwing. Or where the ball was. I left the bench swinging. I didn't get many walks.

— Billy Herman

You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.

— Dwight Gooden