Juan Marichal
Juan Marichal
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchezis a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 October 1937
CityLaguna Verde, Dominican Republic
CountryUnited States of America
When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.
One day I overheard him talking to a bunch of the hitters on my team in the dugout, and he said, 'Well, the pitch I really have trouble with is up and in.' So that's where I'd go with Clemente.
In my day, it was very, very hard for a Latino player to make it to the major leagues and establish himself at that level,
In 1968, I won 26 games and completed 30 games, but I couldn't get one vote for the Cy Young, because Gibson had a 1.12 ERA, ... So, you know how big the rivalry was back then.
That man helped us so much. We stopped in some places to eat and that man used to go from the back door through the kitchen with us to make sure we had something to eat, ... I don't think without that help from Buddy Kerr we could have made it. We would never have come back.
If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms.
There is no way to have a strong arm if you don't throw enough.
The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing that makes the arm stronger.
We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.
But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him.
I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do. I can get any pitch I want over the plate.
We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to.
Those days were very tough, ... All my teammates are white and it was a different time. At times when we traveled, I couldn't go out to eat with the white players; I had to wait until someone brought something out to the bus. We couldn't stay in the same hotels or live in a different neighborhood.