Juan Marichal
Juan Marichal
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchezis a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 October 1937
CityLaguna Verde, Dominican Republic
CountryUnited States of America
I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do. I can get any pitch I want over the plate.
But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him.
We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.
The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing that makes the arm stronger.
There is no way to have a strong arm if you don't throw enough.
You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair.
If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms.