Baseball Quotes · Page 101

Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.

— Bill James

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.

— Bob Feller

I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.

— Babe Ruth

“When I began playing the game, baseball was as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.”

— Ty Cobb

The Yankees can buy all the stars they want, but that doesn't guarantee they are going to win.

— Casey Wasserman

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

— Joaquin Andujar

Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.

— Eli Manning

I never experienced the joy of being on the good guy's side of the perfect game or no-hitter. Karma.

— Gabe Kapler

If I could go the ballpark and play the game for three hours and then go home? It would be awesome. But…

— Vernon Wells

The catcher is a groundhog. He's a guy squatting down, digging for the ball in the dirt, and sweating under a pile…

— Joe Garagiola

It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season…

— Harry Caray

There's not a ballpark I've ever played in as a visitor or home that has the historic feel and energy that Fenway…

— Jake Peavy

You should get as close to the power when you're pitching something. I got my two biggest breaks with the man who…

— Albert S. Ruddy

I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. And actually, most of the bats…

— Eli Roth

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather…

— Whitey Herzog

“after all these programs and scholarships, after all the work done by organized athletics at all levels, the number of boys actually…

— Anthony M. Esolen

What's the use of saying we're better at baseball than this country? We all play together. I'm playing with Venezuelans and Dominicans…

— Torii Hunter

People don't own teams to lose money. If you ask any owner whether they would rather make $20 million and come in…

— Bronson Arroyo

Everybody loves baseball regardless of what they think about politics. That's the cool thing. You see all of the politicians and the…

— Drew Storen

It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm…

— Alex Rodriguez

I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short, but I've got 10 All-Star…

— Kirby Puckett

“Researchers measure that the average major-league pitcher puts 40 pounds of pressure on his shoulder by cocking and releasing the baseball. Curious…

— Tom Verducci

We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

As a ballplayer, (Dizzy) Dean was a natural phenomenon, like the Grand Canyon or the Great Barrier Reef. Nobody ever taught him…

— Red Smith

It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball.

— Mark Teixeira

Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his…

— Branch Rickey

Sanguillen is totally unpredictable to pitch to because he's so unpredictable.

— Jerry Coleman

Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike.

— W. P. Kinsella

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

— Joe Torre

He pitches better when he's mad, so I try to make him that way.

— Jorge Posada

Baseball is better with tradition, with history. Baseball is better with fans who care.

— Theo Epstein

You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.'

— Bill Hader

Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs.

— Tim McCarver

“Tell him to shut up! Tell him there's no crying in baseball!”

— Stephen King

If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.

— Ted Williams

A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game.

— Cy Young

I don't think Hank's home run record will ever be broken. There's no way.

— David Justice

I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a…

— Kurt Cobain

Ku’Sox was indeed a demon. In. The. Sun. I needed answers, but I wanted them from Al, not…Cute Socks here.

— Kim Harrison

That's the great thing about baseball: every season is completely different.

— Ryan Zimmerman