Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
Sanford "Sandy" Koufaxis a former American Major League Baseballleft-handed pitcher. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 December 1935
CityBrooklyn, NY
softball sports motivation
It's better to throw a theoretically poorer pitch whole-heartedly, than to throw the so-called right pitch with feeling of doubt-doubt that's it's right, or doubt that you can make it behave well at that moment. You've got to feel sure you're doing the right thing-sure that you want to throw the pitch you're going to throw.
sports guy definitions
A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.
sports baseball art
Pitching is the art of instilling fear.
sports baseball athlete
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.
except foul hit
Except for getting hit by a foul ball,
biggest guys trying win
Those guys had been there for 10 years trying to win a World Series. I think that was their biggest moment.
aaron five good great guys henry incredible mays players ten
I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.
control fast felt good late loose
This indicates I had good stuff. I had a good fast ball, especially late in the game. I felt loose and my control was better than it had been all year.
balls fast
I pitched to Kuenn with everything I had left, ... They were all fast balls.
glad might run
But I'm glad we got the run or we might have been here all night.
arnold babe baseball believe game palmer player run ruth willie
I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder.
baseball years body
I've got a lot of years to live after baseball and I would like to live them with the complete use of my body.
magic pitching sandy
If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.
thinking yankees hands
I don't think I've ever seen anybody with quicker hands than Soriano.