Spahn Quotes

#1. Five hundred smacks? On the Yankees? When the Braves've got Spahn and Burdette? Not to mention Hank Aaron and Steady Eddie Mathews?

Stephen King

#2. People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren Spahn hit more than anybody.

Rollie Fingers

#3. Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract.

Tom Seaver

#4. A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

Joe Torre

#5. Spahn and Sain and pray for rain,

Warren Spahn

#6. Relationship with George Spahn. She was in love with George,

Vincent Bugliosi

#7. Anyone who still feels today that he has to lead a double life because he's gay is driven by a fear that I think is unfounded.

Jens Spahn

#8. Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.

Warren Spahn

#9. A good hitter has timing. A good pitcher upsets timing.

Warren Spahn

#10. Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

Warren Spahn

#11. The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.

Warren Spahn

#12. State governor is certainly nothing to be sneered at! But I don't think that there are still limits here. A gay man could presumably also become chancellor.

Jens Spahn

#13. A number of individuals tried to make my homosexuality a topic of debate. I admittedly found that rather upsetting.

Jens Spahn

#14. Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

Warren Spahn

#15. He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out.

Warren Spahn

#16. I've always felt at home in the Church. Catholics are often more laid back than they are given credit for - presumably because at the back of their minds they realize that, if necessary, they can always confess everything to their local priest.

Jens Spahn

#17. A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do.

Warren Spahn

#18. I've never made a secret of my homosexuality.

Jens Spahn

#19. I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.

Warren Spahn

#20. I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

Warren Spahn

#21. You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

Warren Spahn

#22. I didn't choose to be gay. It would be more accurate to say that it was determined by nature.

Jens Spahn

#23. The reality is that most gay couples don't want to adopt a child. Those who do, though, are often prepared to devote themselves entirely to their adoptive child.

Jens Spahn

#24. Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

Warren Spahn

#25. Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.

Warren Spahn

#26. What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

Warren Spahn

#27. I'm a devout individual so I remain faithful to my church.

Jens Spahn

#28. I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out.

Warren Spahn

#29. When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

Warren Spahn

#30. A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Warren Spahn

#31. As conservatives, we can only be glad if two people legally take responsibility for each other, in good times and bad.

Jens Spahn

#32. It's ridiculous to insinuate that the social recognition of homosexual civil unions damages families or the institution of marriage.

Jens Spahn

#33. Being gay is not a political accomplishment in itself. It's not enough to constitute a political platform.

Jens Spahn

#34. Let's not ask whether the parents are gay or heterosexual. The important thing is who the best parents are in each individual case.

Jens Spahn