18 Quotes by Carl Hubbell

Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

So up came Gehrig. He was a sharp hitter. You could double him, too, now and then, if the ball was hit hard and straight at an infielder.

As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.

It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it.

But I never was a strikeout pitcher like Bob Feller or Dizzy Dean or Dazzy Vance.

A fellow doesn’t last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.

The screwball’s an unnatural pitch. Nature never intended a man to turn his hand like that throwing rocks at a bear.

If I’m playing cards for pennies, I want to win.

They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I’ve seen very few players in my life who didn’t want to win, no matter whom they were playing or what for.