Pitching Quotes

You're always happy when you can get a Triple-A or big-league pitcher because most, as a whole, know what they are doing. Finding a way to win a game or go five innings when you don't have your best stuff is what pitching is all about. - Sparky Lyle

You're always concerned about it and you wonder how they're going to handle it. We've only played a few games. It's a period of adjustment for anybody changing leagues. You don't know the pitchers, you don't know the umpires, you don't know the philosophy of the pitching coach on the other side -- especially when you've been in the other league. - Dusty Baker

Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement. - Jamie Moyer

You win with pitching, and there are some really great arms in this camp. I can't wait until we get going in the games and see the progress they make. - Joe Girardi

You win together you lose together ... That offence has carried this pitching many times this year. - John Gibbons

You want your starting pitching to give you a chance to win games. Certainly they've done more than that in this stretch. - Jim Leyland

You walk into camp with seven guys who can start, and now you're down to six. Then after Wednesday you're down to five. Starting pitching is a concern. Tony's not really a setback. He's going to be under a pitch count. He's going to get the ball on a regular basis like he would get it here. To be honest, I don't see any effect on that. - Jim Bowden

You talk to scouts and you keep hearing there is a real shortage of pitching. There's a real shortage of guys who can throw strikes. Pitching is that valuable. - Bill Bavasi

You take the experience from one game and take it to the next. You take what you can get. Luckily we got to save our pitching in this game. - Mike Shimek

You see the explosiveness in his bat, but then last year, you see things that he is going to have to work on to hit Major League pitching. And that is going to take experience, but this guy can swing it. He is approaching our depth chart. But for him to help us as we break camp would be a stretch, but we're open to anything. - Mike Scioscia