There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything.
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When Mel came up in 1964 in the middle of the season, I was his pitching coach, but I was also pitching every fourth day besides. Yogi Berra was our manager. That's why it was all screwed up.Whitey Ford
Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around.
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I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad.
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The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan.
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I was going to pitch the first, fourth and seventh games. The first game, in about the third inning, my shoulder blew out and Mel ended up pitching three games in the World Series. He pitched great, but we lost in seven games. On the way back to New York after losing the seventh game, Yogi said to me, How did you like pitching and coaching' I said, Fine.' He said, Would you do it again next year' I said, Yeah.' The next day, Yogi was fired.
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Sooner or later the arm goes bad. It has to... Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.
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