Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer
James Alvin "Jim" Palmeris a retired American right-handed pitcher who played all of his 19 years in Major League Baseballwith the Baltimore Oriolesand was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. Palmer was the winning pitcher in 186 games in the 1970s, the most wins in that decade by any MLB pitcher. He also won at least twenty games in each of eight seasons and received three Cy Young Awards and four Gold Gloves during the decade. His 268...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth15 October 1945
CountryUnited States of America
The most important thing about my pitching is that I'm satisfied, that I know I'm being the best pitcher I can be.
He's the best I've ever seen. I always said you need four things to be a great pitcher -- location, movement, velocity, and deception. He's got all those. Now, you add the intelligence he brings to the mound and we're not talking about a mere mortal here.
Most pitchers are too smart to manage.
We were prepared for that. I had him throw a curve ball to try to get him to pop it up, but he did a nice job of getting it down.
Elrod came out to the mound and said, 'Boy, did we get ourselves in a mess.' He acted like it was his fault, too.
I don't believe this is an isolated incident. You know what? Sidney is going to have to take a hard look again at himself. Who knows what this does to his work visa? Who knows what it does to next year? Nobody wants to see this happen, but sometimes those are the wake-up calls.
We're trying to get the costs under control. The rise in construction costs is making that difficult.
That's pretty encouraging to see our No. 3 guy go out and battle like he did.
It's got to stop. But there's only one person that can do that, and that's him. Maybe this will be the wake-up call and maybe he won't sleep through this one.
They were all heavy smokers. Looking back, I would have loved to be able to maintain friendships with those guys.
It's a horrible story because it endangers his life, other people's lives. It's got to end. It's got to stop. But there's only one person that can do that, and that's him. We can all care about him, we can all talk to him, but at the end of the day, bottom line, he's the guy that's responsible for that.
We started this thing (the Josh Palmer Fund) to help people who were hurting and were in need of a helping hand. There's nobody hurting as much in this country right now as those people whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Although our primary mission is to help young people afflicted by cancer and ultimately to find a cure for cancer, these people need help right now and we're going to do our best to help the American Red Cross help them.
Your memorabilia becomes more significant. It does put you in a different category.
He wasn't going to lie to you. He took great pride in what he did, and understood how to play the game.