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I wouldn't throw all spitballs. I'd go maybe two or three innings without throwing a spitter, but I always had them looking for it.

I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad.

If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it.

I never resorted to the spitter until I was obliged to. I nearly ruined my arm throwing curves.

We don't have spittoons on street corners any more. It's no longer acceptable to spit on the street.

People are talking of his susceptibility to the rising delivery, but let me tell you that when you are out of form, every ball looks like a hand grenade.

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

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.

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