Juan Marichal Quotes
But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him.
I faced Gibson many times and faced Sandy Koufax three times.
The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger. There is no way to have a strong arm if you don`t throw enough.
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.
When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.
I faced Gibson many times and faced Sandy Koufax three times. But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him.
My manager said it would more effective against left-handed hitters. It seemed to me that was impossible to do without the high leg kick, which I started that day.
The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger.
We are all so close. We are godfather to each others` kids. I was the best man at Jesus` wedding.
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.
There is no way to have a strong arm if you don`t throw enough.
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.
We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to.
