Quotes by Warren Spahn - Page 1

Spahn and Sain and pray for rain.
Warren Spahn / Baseball Player
Praying
Rain
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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Ball
Propel
Throw
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Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
Warren Spahn / Baseball Player
Sports
Baseball
Hitting
Mlb
Pitching
Timing
Upsetting
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A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.
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Sports
Timing
Upset
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Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.
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Baseball
Feet
Gentleman
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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Balls
Two
Ball
Expect
Throw
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I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.
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Inspirational
Hard
Long
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Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.
Warren Spahn / Baseball Player
Fastballs
Funny Baseball
Jeopardy
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A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.
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Needs
Pitcher
Pitching
Two
Cross
Pitches
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I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.
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Genius
Guy
Pitching
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I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.
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Forever
Forgiving
Might
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Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.
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Home
Half
Two
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What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
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Baseball
Challenges
Pitcher
What Is Life
After
Life Better Than
Between
Challenge
Hitter
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Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.
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Figures
Games
Magic
Reputation
Salary
Two
Ballplayer
Pitchers
Pays
Twenty
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do.
Warren Spahn / Baseball Player
Arms
Forget
Going Away
Headache
Toothache
Want
Arm
Pitch
Go Away
Sore
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The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.
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Baseball
Games
Winning
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[On Willie Mays] He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out.
Warren Spahn / Baseball Player
Running
Zero
Home
League
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