You had to pitch in and out, ... Then, the zone didn't belong to the hitters it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair. If you are trying to hurt somebody, that's different.
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In my day, it was very, very hard for a Latino player to make it to the major leagues and establish himself at that level,Juan Marichal
You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair.
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The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger.
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If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms.
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When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.
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Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels.
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