American - Athlete | November 17, 1944 -
My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.
Tom Seaver
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I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I can't. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.
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It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.
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The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.
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Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.
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Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.
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I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.
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