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Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's enough. You've fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!'

~Tom Seaver

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What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

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My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

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I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I can't. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.

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It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.

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The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.

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Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

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Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.

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I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: November 17th, 1944

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