“ I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June. ”
- Carl Yastrzemski- Copy
- 3.7K
“ There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher. ”
- Ted Williams- Copy
- 3.7K
“ A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'. ”
- Ted Williams- Copy
- 1.4K
“ My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother, I'd have some extra chores to do. My mother was instrumental in making me a pull hitter. ”
- Eddie Mathews- Copy
- 2.2K
“ But god-damn, to think you're a .300 hitter and end up at .237 in your last season, then find yourself looking at a lifetime .298 average - it made me want to cry. ”
- Mickey Mantle- Copy
- 455
“ I saw a lot of good hitters but I never saw a better one than Paul Waner. I mean I once threw a side arm spitter right into his belly and he hit it into the upper deck. ”
- Burleigh Grimes- Copy
- 2.6K
“ I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage. ”
- Lefty Gomez- Copy
- 646
“ I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over. ”
- Don Drysdale- Copy
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“ Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution. ”
- Hank Aaron- Copy
- 3K
“ Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire. ”
- Robert Smith- Copy
- 2.7K
“ All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.". ”
- Ted Williams- Copy
- 1.3K
“ A man has to have goals — for a day, for a lifetime — that was mine, to have people say, "There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.". ”
- Ted Williams- Copy
- 1.3K
“ The only players that are having fun are those having a good year, feasting on pitching or blowing down hitters and garnering all the adulation that goes with it. But, if you're not hitting or not throwing well, or are injured, you better look for fun someplace else. ”
- Dave Winfield- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Good hitters don't just go up and swing. They always have a plan. Call it an educated deduction. You visualize. You're like a good negotiator. You know what you have, you know what he has, then you try to work it out. ”
- Dave Winfield- Copy
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“ There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. ”
- Ted Williams- Copy
- 2.3K
“ When you're out there in the big league pressure cooker, a pitcher's attitude - his utter confidence that he has an advantage of will and luck and guts over the hitter - is almost as important as his stuff. ”
- Bill Veeck- Copy
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“ I can't think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you. It happened to me one time against Kansas City. I had a 2-2 count on the hitter - and Amos Otis broke from third. The pitch was a ball and slid in safe… ”
- Nolan Ryan- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you. ”
- Reggie Jackson- Copy
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