Analyzing Our National Pastime
“Once he threw me a spitter at first base to pick off a runner. The ball sank a foot and I dropped it. When I threw it back to him it was still wet and sank again. The runners advanced a base and I got an error!” Orlando on Hall of Fame pitcher and former teammate, Gaylord Perry.
“Your bat is your life. It’s your weapon. You don’t want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.” Speaking from a truly remarkable hitter.
“You can’t let any team awe you. If you do, you’ll wind up a horseshit player.” The Hall of Fame shortstop’s attitude towards the Yankees during his 20-year tenure with the White Sox.
“Believe me, he had a real spitter. He’d try to talk and bubbles would fly all over the place.” An old quote revived in a sports newspaper from the all-time triples leader, who played back in the day when the spitter was still legal. The pitcher is not specified, but there were plenty who threw the pitch.