Hitter Quotes

Zimmerman is a right-handed hitter and he may need a day off sometimes. Why not play a little third base? I'm a jack of all trades. - Marlon Anderson

Zane had an exceptional year last year. He's just a natural hitter with a lot of natural ability. - Terry Pirtle

You've just gotta read the hitter. You can't watch the ball. - Michelle Parmenter

You've got to give them some credit. They've got some good veteran hitters over there. - Marcus Giles

You've got to get lucky to get three by him, because he's a deadly hitter. - Todd Jones

You've got to be in the right place to score on it. The greens are such small targets. It's a really good golf course, because it doesn't favor big hitters. - Fred Funk

You're trying to be ready for everything, and you're not ready for anything. We'd like for them to be ready for the one pitch, the fastball. That's where you start. We go from there. ... All timing comes off the fastball. You've got to be a fastball hitter first. - Hal McRae

You're talking about two players who met every expectation. In some ways, they were even better than I had thought they would be. Mike hit a lot better than he had in past. He's becoming a better and better hitter. My only regret with Omar was, if he's this good at 38, what was he like at 28? He was tremendous. - Ned Colletti

You're not going to get value in any way, shape or form. This is an A-1 hitter and you're not going to get an A-1 player that somebody is going to give you. So if you trade him, you're not going to get the same value, man for man, and sometimes four players don't even add up to one. - Bill Lajoie

You're always trying to one-up the guy that threw the night before. It's great to be able to sit back and watch the guys do their thing - get outs and throw well. It's something we've struggled with the past couple years, and we just have to go out and keep attacking the opposing hitters. - Aaron Harang