pitching control Quotes

The curve and the fast one are important; the change of pace and the other trick deliveries are great but they're not worth a plugged nickel unless you have control to go along with them. And by control I don't mean the ability to put the ball over the plate somewhere between the shoulders and knees. I mean the ability to hit a three-inch target nine times out of ten, the sort of control that lets you put the ball in the exact spot you want it, and to play a corner to the split fraction of an inch.

Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms.

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.

I'm not used to seeing the ball go wherever she wants. As a pitcher, I like to be - I don't want to say perfect, but I want to know what the ball is going to do.

The key to pitching is to have the ability to throw a strike when they're taking and throw a ball when the hitter is swinging.

I kind of realized I couldn't blow the ball by everybody. In high school I could do that, but now it's not going to work. I need to pitch.'

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Even if I was tipping my pitches, I could have thrown pitches good enough to not be hit.

Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to get through seven innings.

Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier, because I didn't want to sound cocky. But Major League pitchers had better control, and most of them were around the plate.