#pitch

The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#actually #affect #alone #approach #bid

A pitcher is not a ballplayer. ↗

— Christy Mathewson

#pitcher

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching. ↗

— Christy Mathewson

#everything #fans #i #i am #me

The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes. ↗

— Norman McLaren

#controls #difficult #element #fewer #higher

If a pitcher sees you fiddling with the bat, he'll stall until your arms are tired before you even get a chance to hit. ↗

— Paul Waner

#bat #before #chance #even #fiddling

Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent. ↗

— Paul Muldoon

#engage #extent #living #many #pitch

I pitched a storyline, and as far as I know it's been picked up. It's for the third and final episode I'm contracted to do. But I can't give any spoilers. ↗

— Corin Nemec

#as far as #been #contracted #episode #far

When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#early #education #four #get #harmony

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see. ↗

— Patton Oswalt

#coming #early #ghost #i #might

Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk. ↗

— Robin Roberts

#beautiful #beautiful way #coach #does #four