As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy. Babe Ruth
I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway. Gil Hodges
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. Ty Cobb
I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from. Randy Johnson
Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business. Warren Spahn