“I want to thank all the pitchers who couldn't go nine innings, and manager Dick Howser who wouldn't let them go.”
Dan Quisenberry
“It may re-open some eyes and ears to the fact that pitchers can and should go nine innings,”
Carl Erskine
“They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.”
Ernest Hemingway
“They're the goods, these guys. What did we get: 8 1/3 (innings), nine and nine? So, my gosh, I don't know if we can ask anything more than what they've been doing.”
Don Cooper
“I made the mistake of starting our relief guy tonight. And you can never expect to get nine innings out of your relief guy.”
Craig MacTavish
“It was nice to be able to get out of there and not have to go seven, eight, nine innings and throw all those pitches,”
Randy Johnson
“I was disappointed in our hitting. When you only have three hits in nine innings you are not going to win too many games.”
Curt Fredrickson
