Gil Patterson Quotations

I was able to see his first pitch in pro ball and his last pitch.

With all that, you knew it was going to eventually happen for him.

You always hear about how short life is, and to be kind. This was before his time.

When people see him pitch for the first time, they see someone with average stuff, average sinker, average change, average breaking ball,

The only thing I'd say that's left is that his command of his fastball, slider and split is a hair off.

At the end of spring he wrote me a nice note saying that he enjoyed our talks about baseball, even if I didn't agree with him about the rubber.

It would be nice if it happened, but I have no problem working with young pitchers.

Now he can throw it to a lefthander and it looks like 'strike, strike, strike,' then at the last second it moves out of the strike zone. Or he can throw it inside, and at the last second it catches the plate.

You might say he didn't get a chance because his fastball wasn't fast enough, or his curveball wasn't crisp enough, ... But he can do a lot of things.

His arm strength is right where it was before he (got hurt). If you asked me if there was anything I didn't like, I'd only say that, in general, the quality and crispness of his pitches wasn't quite as good as when he left. But he's not far away at all. If they decided to have him pitch in the majors, I don't think it would be a problem.

If I knew he would pitch like this, I would have started suggesting him the second game of the season.