American - Athlete | November 17, 1944 -
If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
Tom Seaver
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My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.
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There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it's spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at an individual's mechanics. And you can't look at his genes. It should come from the individual and the pitching coach and the manager.
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There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. They're all different.
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In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
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The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
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There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.
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I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.
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Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. I've never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.
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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!'
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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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Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract.
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