Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer
James Alvin "Jim" Palmeris a retired American right-handed pitcher who played all of his 19 years in Major League Baseballwith the Baltimore Oriolesand was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. Palmer was the winning pitcher in 186 games in the 1970s, the most wins in that decade by any MLB pitcher. He also won at least twenty games in each of eight seasons and received three Cy Young Awards and four Gold Gloves during the decade. His 268...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth15 October 1945
CountryUnited States of America
I put away that stuffed God I had all stitched up with my human understandings and fears. God is less formulaic and quantifiable as he once used to be, but experiencing the reality of his love is infinitely better than dragging that other one around.
There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether.
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FEAR IS A REACTION YOU HAVE WHEN YOU’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE TRUTH
The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.
Religion made half of us afraid to die, and the other half afraid to live.
I once dreamed of launching revolutions, sparking movements, mobilizing the masses, and changing everything. Now I’ve learned the beauty and profound significance of simply loving my neighbor.
You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You are only as good as the team you have behind you.
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Most pitchers are too smart to manage.
Imagine what else is true if you understood there is nothing fundamentally wrong with you.
There are really only two options - you can feel things, or you can shut down. But, once you decide to feel things, you don't get to pick and choose what you feel.
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