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Pitching is the art of instilling fear by making a man flinch.

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
a.k.a., "The Left Arm of God"

I know Koufax's weakness. He can't hit.

On Sandy Koufax

Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1974

It was a fastball up and in, and -- I've told him this -- the way he swung at the ball, and to hit the ball under those extenuating circumstances, under that pressure, he did a hell of a job.

On the smoky fastball he pitched to Giants third baseman Bobby Thompson in the bottom of the 9th inning on 10/3/1951, which Thompson hit into the left field stands at the Polo Grounds for the "Shot Heard 'Round The World" to win the game and the pennant

Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pitcher
a.k.a. "Hawk"

If he had, I would have knocked him down with the next pitch.

In a discussion of Babe Ruth's supposed "called shot" in the 1932 World Series, addressing whether Ruth had in fact pointed in the direction of the bleachers

Charles Henry "Charley" Root
Chicago Cubs
Pitcher

I don't know. I've never been on second before.

After the career .147-hitting pitcher got picked off second base and upon returning to the dugout where stern manager Joe McCarthy demanded, "What happened?"

Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

You hold it like this and throw the shit out of it.

To fellow Phillies pitcher Dick Ruthven on how to throw a slider

Steven Norman "Steve" Carlton
Philadelphia Phillies
Pitcher
HOF 1994

Is you Mr. Martin? They tell me you kin hit! Then hit this!

From the pitchers mound the first time he faced Pepper Martin, as he was about to strike him out on three fastballs

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
Kansas City Monarchs
Pitcher
HOF 1971

I sometimes have to file my nails between innings.

After his 1987 suspension for being caught on the mound with a nail file

Joe Niekro
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher

I could never play in New York. The first time I came into a game there, I got in the bullpen car and they told me to lock the doors.

Michael Kendall "Mike" Flanagan
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher

I went from a second-class citizen to a second-class immortal.

On playing and starring in the Negro Leagues with commentary on his relative success therewith

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
Kansas City Monarchs
Pitcher
HOF 1971

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