Quotes About Baseball

My dad was probably the first to tell me - I remember pitching when I was 7 or 8, and he told me he didn't want the other team to know whether I was having a great game or a bad game. And that's something that always stuck with me.

I created a little thing with my hands, just to create a more consistent plane to backspin balls, and obviously growing into your body helps. It's kind of complicated, more about starting the barrel flat and then creating a movement - flat to up, I guess - going towards the pitcher.

We know that we can't make contact with the baseball with our front foot not firmly planted in the ground. So, in our cage drills we work on being on time and not rushing this action.

My favourite game is wiffle ball, a fake version of baseball with a plastic ball and bat that's really for kids.

I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all the way through his motion, and tried to follow it all the way out of his hand, all the way to home plate.

A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed to block the plate without the ball.

The old saying was, 'Boggs never drives in any runs.' I played in 155 games. I led off. That's 155 plate appearance where I come up with nobody on.

The Metrodome was built for football. Fans seated down the third-base line at a baseball game faced centerfield, so that they had to turn and look over their right shoulders to see home plate.

I always say that I think my job is behind home plate, call a good game, play some good defense, and also, I know I was not a power hitter.

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.

You get to the plate and nothing is going through your mind. You see the ball, you see the seams.

Certain guys, they can see a guy do a certain thing with their glove and know what pitch is coming. I couldn't do that. But I can get on first base and I can tell you by his move if that pitcher is going to first base or home plate every time.

I'm not Yadier Molina behind the plate, but I can throw a ball to second on a rope.

I don't know what my record's going to be. I can't dictate it. I mean, obviously I have to pitch well, but it also takes the guys at the plate to show up as well.

Our hitting coaches have done a great job of understanding when I don't look right at the plate and getting me back on track.

There's nothing more fun than standing at the plate and hitting the ball really hard, see the ball go over the fence. It's really a satisfying feeling. It always makes you feel like you're doing your job.

I'm not saying this in an egotistical way, but I think there's value in having a good hitter behind the plate and being able to put a bat at first base as well.

If you can put a guy behind the plate that can hit in the middle of the order, it's just obviously gonna lengthen your lineup so much.

Altuve is just so good at that. He can decide halfway to the plate where he's going to place the ball. I've never seen that kind of talent before in my life, and I don't know if I'll ever see it again.

I had my share of failures at the plate as a MLB player, but I was always pretty confident against left-handed pitching.

My passion is definitely to be behind the plate for as long as I can.

You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.'

When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.

Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field.