Baseball Quotes · Page 103

“...baseball freely admits that the sport--like civilized society--is crawling with bums.”

— Dan Gutman

The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

— Satchel Paige

Well, anytime you've struggled at the plate and you're having trouble producing, it's frustrating.

— Chipper Jones

“you will never score a home run until you swing the bat" Zach Jensen Child of Aquarius”

— Joseph Henry Gaines

I'm not throwing a no-hitter Opening Day. It's just not going to happen.

— Max Scherzer

No one comes to the field to watch pitchers bunt or hit. At least I don't think they do.

— Ryan Zimmerman

That's Hendrick's 19th home run. One more and he reaches double figures.

— Jerry Coleman

If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.

— Don Drysdale

“I got to third base. At baseball practice the following Monday, that is. As for what happened that night with Kevin at…

— Brent Hartinger

This is boxing. It's not like a baseball game. The fighters say, 'I need a lot of money or I don't fight,…

— Gennady Golovkin

Finesse is catching the baseball on the edge of your glove when you're turning two, making the one-handed grabs and shoestring tackles…

— Tony Ferguson

Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to…

— Casey Stengel

Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am…

— Ernie Banks

When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley…

— Pat Gillick

If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series,…

— Michael Lewis

I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. I hit 70 one time…

— Ben Gibbard

Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB.…

— Quavo

“We picked up Grouper III and one of his buddies on the way to Media Day. The two of them were wearing…

— Vi Keeland

“I’m Evan, by the way,” he said as she reached up to slam the door. Megan almost choked. “No.” Evan laughed. “Uh…yeah.”…

— Kate Brian

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players, and you keep them in the right frame of mind, the manager…

— Sparky Anderson

If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's get Jimmy Brown; the best…

— Bobby Knight

“Baseball breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and…

— Lori Wilde

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out,…

— Willie Stargell

The devil made him do it: There's little question San Francisco radio talk-show host Larry Krueger deserved to be fired for calling…

— Felipe Alou

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.

— Duke Snider

Twenty years ago rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for IBM.

— George Will

Ou don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

— Mickey Mantle

With all my bats I like them to be bottom-heavy, so they help me to hold the line through the shot.

— Nasser Hussain

Larry Lintz steals second standing up. He slid, but he didn't have to.

— Jerry Coleman

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night…

— Yogi Berra

There is no doubt that because I am a switch hitter I have one of the best offensive advantages that a hitter…

— Pete Rose

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

— Mickey Mantle

Running a ball club is like raising kids who fall out of trees.

— Tom Trebelhorn

I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.

— Bill Klem

I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP.

— David Wright

Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.

— Pat Gillick

And that one is gone. A home run for Mickey Mantle! How do you like that?

— Mel Allen

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

— Frank Robinson

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.

— Red Smith

“Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]”

— Michael Lewis