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I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go after that lineup. I'd say 75 percent want to have an idea, and they plan their attack. I know that 75 percent of hitters do not have that same type of plan against a pitcher.

— Tony La Russa

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✓Similar Perspectives

You play your surroundings. You pitch accordingly. Not that I drastically try to change my game plan based on the score or the team or stadium, but you have to take everything into consideration.

— Jake Arrieta

Pitching is a priority.

— Tom Hicks

I like my friends to be the hitters. The pitchers, they all have the same brain as I do. The hitters see the game from a different perspective.

— Joe Mays

During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot of depth. They have a lot of long relievers, short relievers, and the strategy is different.

— Ernie Banks

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

— Joe Torre

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

— Mickey Rivers

If you try to give them a scheme, most hitters will rebel.

— Tony La Russa

One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good.

— Anthony Rizzo

I think once I see everybody and go through every team and their pitchers, I'll get an idea of what they like to do. And they'll see what I like to do and swing at. I think there's always something you've got to adjust to.

— Andrew Benintendi

✗Opposing Perspectives

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

— Hank Aaron