Steve Carlton
Steve Carlton
Steven Norman "Steve" Carlton, nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965 to 1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth22 December 1944
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
My goals I can't tell you. They're too private. But I have some extraordinary goals.
I understand the liability that's in front of me,
And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.
I realized after going through the interview that I don't want to be in baseball.
Hopefully, Pete will be reinstated by Baseball and he will have his rightful place in baseball history, a plaque in the Hall of Fame.
It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me.
The first pitch I threw was to third baseman Bob Bailey. It was a fastball, low and away. He ripped it for a home run down the left field line.
It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the plate (hopefully). Just remember not to twist your elbow or wrist. It should be thrown, with the wrist and grip set, just like your fastball, slightly off center - with the same velocity and intensity.
Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.
But I would say basically, I would just like to be remembered for what I did on the field.
I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.
Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.
To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.
So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.