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I was right-handed and couldn't hit the ball. I was just dominated by right-handed pitchers. It occu...
LARRY HERMIDA Bubba causes a lot of heartache to right-handed pitchers in this park.
BILL SELVEY Left-handed pitchers get paid a lot of money to get left-handed guys out or else they wouldn't b...
CURTIS GRANDERSON It shows me he doesn't budge on lefties. He stands in there. Our left-handed hitters need to see lef...
JOE GIRARDI It's just natural I just started to play like this I just hit the ball no one taught me to do it ? I...
JELENA JANKOVIC We're just looking for quality pitchers, whether it's a left-hander or right-hander. Good left-hande...
BUCK SHOWALTER It's amazing for a guy hitting with a double ear flap. I didn't know if he hit left-handed or right-...
KEN GRIFFEY JR. He hit one left-handed, then an inside-the-parker right-handed with his feet never touching the grou...
MARC BOMBARD I see left-handers a little better [than right-handers], ... But I don't change anything. I still ju...
YADIER MOLINA I like hitting left-handed pitchers, I really do; that's my forte.
EDUARDO PEREZ We're real excited about this season. Carmine's one of the best left-handed pitchers we've had, and ...
RON FUSSELL I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers.
BILLY BUTLER I think left field is the tougher of the two [corner positions]. Right-handed hitters tend to hook b...
TONY GWYNN![]()
Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-...
MIKE WEIR That's pretty much the situation throughout the country.
MICHAEL RIGHT We were calling pitches to pitch around Ovens, but the pitchers weren't pitching it. It's that simpl...
DAVE MOATES I'm looking to go up and away, and I go up and it's right down the middle. You can't leave belt-high...
AARON SHAFER He realized the longer he waited, the better the look he had. He knew what pitchers trying to do. Wh...
BOB JR He realized the longer he waited, the better the look he had. He knew what pitchers trying to do. Wh...
BOB FONTAINE JR I felt good, though. I threw mostly fastballs. I didn't like getting hit around. Nobody likes that. ...
C.C. SABATHIA They always like to talk about lefties can't hit lefties, but I'm a firm believer I can hit lefties.
MIKE JACOBS When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to...
PRINCE FIELDER![]()
We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.
WHITEY HERZOG![]()
I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed.
DUSTIN DIAMOND You don't see too many good left-handed pitchers. It's a very added plus.
JOHN RUSSELL There's no need to run around crazy. It's like pitchers. The first couple of weeks they're throwing ...
JIMMY ROLLINS Moving it back has really helped because it gives me more time. Because the strong pitchers just thr...
DANI CARON I was throwing fastballs, fastballs, fastballs. It was a good feeling.
AKINORI OTSUKA He hit good pitches. I can't even say much about it. He didn't even roll over on me. He just got und...
BRANDON BACKE Weird, isn't it? I can swing a bat and not feel anything with my elbow. Right-handed, left-handed, d...
CESAR IZTURIS Right now, I like to take it one day at a time and let Frank work in the cage. I've been impressed, ...
GERALD PERRY When you pinch-hit like that, you gotta be aggressive. There were a couple of up-and-in fastballs th...
FELIPE ALOU Throwing from the third-base side, I wasn't able to consistently get balls inside (to lefties), espe...
DEREK LOWE We made the decision that we're going to have our pitchers hit. I talked to Ned, and he wants our pi...
DOUG MELVIN I come from a different situation than most people. I've been handed a different set of chips, and I...
LISA MARIE PRESLEY I'm just locked in right now. Every time I come up I feel like I can hit the ball.
JEFF MONACO I've been steadily feeling better and better at the plate and feeling more comfortable to hit. I fee...
JEFF CONINE![]()
Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have lef...
PHILIP EMEAGWALI When Yogi hit the ball down the left-field line, with Amoros' speed and being a left-handed thrower ...
DON ZIMMER One thing we have to do better is swing at good pitches early. We took too many first-pitch fastball...
SCOOTER DUNN Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.
RON BLOMBERG That's two pitchers and a catcher (missing time). That's a whole battery right there.
JENNIFER CALDWELL Sam was throwing fastballs up in the zone, so they were hitting fastballs all over the place.
TAMMY OLSON I know we're better than what we've shown. We haven't hit our stride. It's all about confidence for ...
JOSH GENTLE When they hit the ball they found holes, and when we hit the ball it was right at someone. But, they...
AMY PIKAS![]()
The right half of the brain controls the left half of the body. This means that only left handed peo...
ANONYMOUS He's ambidextrous. He probably could play right-handed if he had to. He could play second base right...
BOBBY HALFORD I've been trying to hit the ball to right field. When I try to pull the ball, I hit foul balls. When...
JOSE LOPEZ I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't g...
FIONA DOURIF Right after the hurricane hit, we had calls from our members saying we should do something.
LARRY BOWMAN![]()
But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of ...
STEPHEN KING I'm not sure right now if it's the pitchers out there. I think right now it's us. We're doing it to ...
CRAIG MONROE Our pitchers just need to pitch and let the other team hit the ball, and more than likely we'll get ...
CHAD ARTZ I need to get my slider back. You can't throw fastballs and a change and get these guys out. They ar...
BRANDON BATES He hit me right here.
BROOKS YOUMANS We hit the ball like we should and did everything right.
JOSH STEWART It became natural for him. It wasn't long before he picked it up and he had the stroke down. We flip...
LARRY HERMIDA Our pitchers did a very nice job. I think we only had two walks, so they did a good job of throwing ...
BRIAN MORRISON![]()
We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's a...
STEPHEN KING When I hit it, I hit it well. I saw [Brown], and he kind of stopped, and in my head I was figuring, ...
FRANK CATALANOTTO I wish we could keep playing right now while we're on a roll. But overall it probably will be better...
LYNN LEONARD![]()
I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm cluele...
RAFAEL NADAL Pitchers don't get hit, really, that often, especially above the chest. A broken bat is a situation ...
JARET WRIGHT He threw a lot of fastballs and just put them right where he wanted them. It's a perfect example of ...
JEFF CONINE Rather than being handed down from above, like the Ten Commandments, they [the laws of physics] look...
VICTOR J. STENGER Right now our strategy is pitchers go out there and hold them off until the offense comes around. It...
JENNIFER FOX It doesn't even feel real right now. I just can't believe it. It hasn't hit me yet for sure.
LEE STEPHENS Coming from where I come from, I feel like I've got to do everything right. There's no shortcut for ...
BOBBY DIXON The last place I wanted to hit was the right bunkers so I was trying to guard from that and I overgu...
STEVE ELKINGTON Our pitchers had a bad day today, especially in the second game. We made some mistakes and they hit ...
LESLIE MESSINA I am getting better left-handed. I have to do everything left-handed. It's weird.
DERREK LEE We hit well but right at people.
DON LINDGREN Right now, it still hasn't hit me.
JAWAN CARTER I remember Antonio Gates hitting a lot of foul-line jumpers. He must have hit four in a row -- left-...
CARL KRAUSER![]()
He walked up, took the yardage chart from his pocket. Examined it, didn't even look back as the cadd...
BILL PAXTON I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - ...
RITA MORENO![]()
If we hit Truman's part right, it would reverberate. So that's what I concentrated on: Getting it ri...
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Going into the games, I wasn't sure what to expect from our hitters just going against out pitchers....
ANN MUNZENMAIER Moscow is a good-hitting club. They flat-out hit the ball, and their pitchers are impressive as well...
JASON BRADBURY Everything is all right,
When you’re here,
When you’re right next to me,
When my ...
ELIZABETH BROOKS I just expected [a throw] right when it went past first base. [The throw] felt good, it felt like I ...
DANIELLE KINLEY![]()
One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. Peop...
LUKE EVANS I could hit it twice and not hit it out to right-center in our place, ... Here (Denver) it's a defin...
KHALIL GREENE This (injury) is proof he was standing up when he was hit and that the vehicle was coming from the r...
DEAN HAWLEY I don't like pitchers, but I can't forget Pedro Martinez, one of the best pitchers.
CARLOS DELGADO![]()
But sometimes, you find yourself standing in exactly the right position, wielding exactly the right ...
MARIE LU Hit that back-stabber where it hurts, right in the ambition.
EOIN COLFER If you shoot right-handed, the Game Ear works best in the left ear. Many guides and active shooters ...
BOB WALKER Could you tell whether that was a right- or left-handed glove when you looked at it at that time?
MARCIA CLARK I played bad this afternoon. I don't even want to talk about the morning right now. I putted badly. ...
MATT EVERY I think tonight was more my game. I felt like I skated a lot more and hit a little more. Last night ...
DANIEL PAILLE The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.
BRUCE SUTTER Every time we hit the ball hard, it seems like it went right at someone.
MIKE FONTENOT We were right with them through our No. 4 or 5 pitchers. I?d feel very capable of beating them playi...
GORDON LEWIS I think the whole team feels good about every aspect of our game today. We played good defense. We h...
JASON HILL We don't hit the ball at the right time.
COURTNEY HARRIS When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that ne...
BENNY BLANCO We didn't swing the bats well. We had some chances, but couldn't get the big hit. It was a pitchers'...
WILL FLOWERS It seems like those games when you're throwing fastballs, they go faster. It's easier.
BRAD LABRUYERE Right now with all the rain, the pitchers are definitely ahead of the hitters. And this might hurt u...
ANDY ZAVOREK
LARRY HERMIDA Bubba causes a lot of heartache to right-handed pitchers in this park.
BILL SELVEY Left-handed pitchers get paid a lot of money to get left-handed guys out or else they wouldn't b...
CURTIS GRANDERSON It shows me he doesn't budge on lefties. He stands in there. Our left-handed hitters need to see lef...
JOE GIRARDI It's just natural I just started to play like this I just hit the ball no one taught me to do it ? I...
JELENA JANKOVIC We're just looking for quality pitchers, whether it's a left-hander or right-hander. Good left-hande...
BUCK SHOWALTER It's amazing for a guy hitting with a double ear flap. I didn't know if he hit left-handed or right-...
KEN GRIFFEY JR. He hit one left-handed, then an inside-the-parker right-handed with his feet never touching the grou...
MARC BOMBARD I see left-handers a little better [than right-handers], ... But I don't change anything. I still ju...
YADIER MOLINA I like hitting left-handed pitchers, I really do; that's my forte.
EDUARDO PEREZ We're real excited about this season. Carmine's one of the best left-handed pitchers we've had, and ...
RON FUSSELL I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers.
BILLY BUTLER I think left field is the tougher of the two [corner positions]. Right-handed hitters tend to hook b...
TONY GWYNN
Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-... MIKE WEIR That's pretty much the situation throughout the country.
MICHAEL RIGHT We were calling pitches to pitch around Ovens, but the pitchers weren't pitching it. It's that simpl...
DAVE MOATES I'm looking to go up and away, and I go up and it's right down the middle. You can't leave belt-high...
AARON SHAFER He realized the longer he waited, the better the look he had. He knew what pitchers trying to do. Wh...
BOB JR He realized the longer he waited, the better the look he had. He knew what pitchers trying to do. Wh...
BOB FONTAINE JR I felt good, though. I threw mostly fastballs. I didn't like getting hit around. Nobody likes that. ...
C.C. SABATHIA They always like to talk about lefties can't hit lefties, but I'm a firm believer I can hit lefties.
MIKE JACOBS When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to...
PRINCE FIELDER
We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief. WHITEY HERZOG
I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed. DUSTIN DIAMOND You don't see too many good left-handed pitchers. It's a very added plus.
JOHN RUSSELL There's no need to run around crazy. It's like pitchers. The first couple of weeks they're throwing ...
JIMMY ROLLINS Moving it back has really helped because it gives me more time. Because the strong pitchers just thr...
DANI CARON I was throwing fastballs, fastballs, fastballs. It was a good feeling.
AKINORI OTSUKA He hit good pitches. I can't even say much about it. He didn't even roll over on me. He just got und...
BRANDON BACKE Weird, isn't it? I can swing a bat and not feel anything with my elbow. Right-handed, left-handed, d...
CESAR IZTURIS Right now, I like to take it one day at a time and let Frank work in the cage. I've been impressed, ...
GERALD PERRY When you pinch-hit like that, you gotta be aggressive. There were a couple of up-and-in fastballs th...
FELIPE ALOU Throwing from the third-base side, I wasn't able to consistently get balls inside (to lefties), espe...
DEREK LOWE We made the decision that we're going to have our pitchers hit. I talked to Ned, and he wants our pi...
DOUG MELVIN I come from a different situation than most people. I've been handed a different set of chips, and I...
LISA MARIE PRESLEY I'm just locked in right now. Every time I come up I feel like I can hit the ball.
JEFF MONACO I've been steadily feeling better and better at the plate and feeling more comfortable to hit. I fee...
JEFF CONINE
Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have lef... PHILIP EMEAGWALI When Yogi hit the ball down the left-field line, with Amoros' speed and being a left-handed thrower ...
DON ZIMMER One thing we have to do better is swing at good pitches early. We took too many first-pitch fastball...
SCOOTER DUNN Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.
RON BLOMBERG That's two pitchers and a catcher (missing time). That's a whole battery right there.
JENNIFER CALDWELL Sam was throwing fastballs up in the zone, so they were hitting fastballs all over the place.
TAMMY OLSON I know we're better than what we've shown. We haven't hit our stride. It's all about confidence for ...
JOSH GENTLE When they hit the ball they found holes, and when we hit the ball it was right at someone. But, they...
AMY PIKAS
The right half of the brain controls the left half of the body. This means that only left handed peo... ANONYMOUS He's ambidextrous. He probably could play right-handed if he had to. He could play second base right...
BOBBY HALFORD I've been trying to hit the ball to right field. When I try to pull the ball, I hit foul balls. When...
JOSE LOPEZ I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't g...
FIONA DOURIF Right after the hurricane hit, we had calls from our members saying we should do something.
LARRY BOWMAN
But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of ... STEPHEN KING I'm not sure right now if it's the pitchers out there. I think right now it's us. We're doing it to ...
CRAIG MONROE Our pitchers just need to pitch and let the other team hit the ball, and more than likely we'll get ...
CHAD ARTZ I need to get my slider back. You can't throw fastballs and a change and get these guys out. They ar...
BRANDON BATES He hit me right here.
BROOKS YOUMANS We hit the ball like we should and did everything right.
JOSH STEWART It became natural for him. It wasn't long before he picked it up and he had the stroke down. We flip...
LARRY HERMIDA Our pitchers did a very nice job. I think we only had two walks, so they did a good job of throwing ...
BRIAN MORRISON
We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's a... STEPHEN KING When I hit it, I hit it well. I saw [Brown], and he kind of stopped, and in my head I was figuring, ...
FRANK CATALANOTTO I wish we could keep playing right now while we're on a roll. But overall it probably will be better...
LYNN LEONARD
I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm cluele... RAFAEL NADAL Pitchers don't get hit, really, that often, especially above the chest. A broken bat is a situation ...
JARET WRIGHT He threw a lot of fastballs and just put them right where he wanted them. It's a perfect example of ...
JEFF CONINE Rather than being handed down from above, like the Ten Commandments, they [the laws of physics] look...
VICTOR J. STENGER Right now our strategy is pitchers go out there and hold them off until the offense comes around. It...
JENNIFER FOX It doesn't even feel real right now. I just can't believe it. It hasn't hit me yet for sure.
LEE STEPHENS Coming from where I come from, I feel like I've got to do everything right. There's no shortcut for ...
BOBBY DIXON The last place I wanted to hit was the right bunkers so I was trying to guard from that and I overgu...
STEVE ELKINGTON Our pitchers had a bad day today, especially in the second game. We made some mistakes and they hit ...
LESLIE MESSINA I am getting better left-handed. I have to do everything left-handed. It's weird.
DERREK LEE We hit well but right at people.
DON LINDGREN Right now, it still hasn't hit me.
JAWAN CARTER I remember Antonio Gates hitting a lot of foul-line jumpers. He must have hit four in a row -- left-...
CARL KRAUSER
He walked up, took the yardage chart from his pocket. Examined it, didn't even look back as the cadd... BILL PAXTON I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - ...
RITA MORENO
If we hit Truman's part right, it would reverberate. So that's what I concentrated on: Getting it ri... PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Going into the games, I wasn't sure what to expect from our hitters just going against out pitchers....
ANN MUNZENMAIER Moscow is a good-hitting club. They flat-out hit the ball, and their pitchers are impressive as well...
JASON BRADBURY Everything is all right,
When you’re here,
When you’re right next to me,
When my ...
ELIZABETH BROOKS I just expected [a throw] right when it went past first base. [The throw] felt good, it felt like I ...
DANIELLE KINLEY
One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. Peop... LUKE EVANS I could hit it twice and not hit it out to right-center in our place, ... Here (Denver) it's a defin...
KHALIL GREENE This (injury) is proof he was standing up when he was hit and that the vehicle was coming from the r...
DEAN HAWLEY I don't like pitchers, but I can't forget Pedro Martinez, one of the best pitchers.
CARLOS DELGADO
But sometimes, you find yourself standing in exactly the right position, wielding exactly the right ... MARIE LU Hit that back-stabber where it hurts, right in the ambition.
EOIN COLFER If you shoot right-handed, the Game Ear works best in the left ear. Many guides and active shooters ...
BOB WALKER Could you tell whether that was a right- or left-handed glove when you looked at it at that time?
MARCIA CLARK I played bad this afternoon. I don't even want to talk about the morning right now. I putted badly. ...
MATT EVERY I think tonight was more my game. I felt like I skated a lot more and hit a little more. Last night ...
DANIEL PAILLE The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.
BRUCE SUTTER Every time we hit the ball hard, it seems like it went right at someone.
MIKE FONTENOT We were right with them through our No. 4 or 5 pitchers. I?d feel very capable of beating them playi...
GORDON LEWIS I think the whole team feels good about every aspect of our game today. We played good defense. We h...
JASON HILL We don't hit the ball at the right time.
COURTNEY HARRIS When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that ne...
BENNY BLANCO We didn't swing the bats well. We had some chances, but couldn't get the big hit. It was a pitchers'...
WILL FLOWERS It seems like those games when you're throwing fastballs, they go faster. It's easier.
BRAD LABRUYERE Right now with all the rain, the pitchers are definitely ahead of the hitters. And this might hurt u...
ANDY ZAVOREK
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the b... 
I smoke as much as I want and chew tobacco a good deal of the time. I don't pay any attention to... 
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