“My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me everyday after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.”
Mickey Mantle
“[One of Carpenter's hardest pitches started with the softest of tosses. With the pitching coach who taught him the cutter, Mel Queen, Carpenter would stand about 15 to 20 feet away and fling the new pitch.] I was just lobbing it to the point Mel was catching it with his bare hands, ... I was just lobbing it to feel it come off my hand and feel the spin it was supposed to have.”
Chris Carpenter
“[Pitching coach] Randy St. Claire taught him a changeup, which was a phenomenal pitch,”
Jim Bowden
“Berkman is a solid switch-hitting guy, he's the one guy they should be pitching around. Berkman is a different hitter in Houston than on the road. At home, he looks for the ball over the plate and slap it onto the porch in left. On the roach he tries to be a pull hitter. Kornerko is solid power hitter and a real good breaking ball hitter. They are the two guys who can beat you.”
Mike Lamb
“Donna's a switch-hitting utility player - she's just very quick, intense and smart. She's very promising.”
Lori Raschilla
“[Redd] was hitting shots and he didn't even need to look at the basket it seemed. We had to switch out on him and get him off of his rhythm. Once we did, it worked out OK.”
Eddie Jordan
“We didn't feel like switching a whole lot with the game in the balance. That will switch off next week or the week after. It will balance out by the end of the season.”
Darrell Dickey
