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I think the home plate umpire might have had a date tonight, because he had a big zone. I don't have a date, but I might be able to get one after this.

After pitching a shutout that took just an hour and forty-one minutes

July 24, 2002
José Lima
Houston Astros
Pitcher

It's bad luck to be superstitious.

David Raymond "Dave" Coggin
Philadelphia Phillies
Pitcher

In our day, he'd get knocked down. Whether it was (Babe) Ruth or anyone else swinging the bat good, we had a saying: "Let's see how he can hit lying on his back."

Telling the New York Daily News how pitchers of his era would approach Giants slugger Barry Bonds

In 2002 at the age of 92
Elden LeRoy Auker
Detroit Tigers
Pitcher
a.k.a. "Submarine", "Big Six"

Fact is, I've got so much speed today, I'll burn the catcher's glove up if I don't do something.

As he poured a bucket of ice water over his pitching arm before a game

George Edward "Rube" Waddell
Philadelphia Athletics
Pitcher
HOF 1946

The Mets is a very good thing. They give everybody a job. Just like the WPA.

William "Billy" Loes
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher

You're early, but hang around; we'll have a fight for you sooner or later.

To a sportswriter entering the clubhouse the day after a fracas between teammates Reggie Jackson and Bill North, and perhaps summarizing the team chemistry of the 1974 Athletics

John "Blue Moon" Odom
Oakland Athletics
Pitcher

Baseball is a kids game. Grownups just screw it up.

Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher
HOF 1976

I've never seen a crowd leave a no-hitter early.

Countering the claim that offense has taken over the game of baseball

Terry Mulholland
Philadelphia Phillies
Pitcher

He was a great hitter. He could go 4-for-5 with four singles and think he had a bad day. On the other hand if he hit one 550 feet while going 1-for-5, he thought he'd had a helluva day.

On teammate and first baseman Dick Stuart

Robert Bartmess "Bob" Friend
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitcher
a.k.a. "Warrior"

After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years." To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the Hall of Fame. I really thought that. You feel so strong, so powerful walking down the street. You know you can throw a ball harder than any man in the world, or certainly the top five. Sandy Koufax knocked all of us out of the box on that one, so we would think, "I'm the second or third hardest thrower in the game."

James Alan "Jim" Bouton
New York Yankees
Pitcher

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