I started out wanting to be a fireman and would cry if my mother tried to take off my 'Emergency 51' hat,… — Ed Henry Copy Share Image
Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that… — Lou Brock Copy Share Image
We were the house everybody came to. We had baseball in the backyard, roller hockey in the front yard. For football we… — T. J. Watt Copy Share Image
My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said… — Bert Blyleven Copy Share Image
I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has… — Eric Davis Copy Share Image
Joe Torre, who switched to first base because he didn't want to go through life as Chicken Catcher Torre. Never got a… — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
I have always had my doubts about any form of divine intervention in sports contests. The power of prayer may be remarkable… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think that's kind of the biggest thing is keying in on your pitch and not trying to hit a home run.… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t until 1959 that the Red Sox finally joined the rest of the major leagues and brought up a black player… — Ben Bradlee Jr Copy Share Image
Major League Baseball's labor negotiations involve two paradoxes. The players' union's primary objective is to protect the revenues of a very few… — George Will Copy Share Image
There's just not a lot of inventory, and to find a shortstop or a catcher, or a centerfielder, that you think that… — Kevin Towers Copy Share Image
“Do you have a favorite team?” He smirked. Literally smirked. “There's only one New York team.” Alexa fought past the nausea and… — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
Some representatives of monopolistic capitalism, sensing this evil in their system, have tried to silence criticism by pointing to the diffused ownership… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“So I will wait, because I would rather wait for you than waste my time with someone who isn't you. And I… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Lasorda's standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in… — Steve Garvey Copy Share Image
There's only a certain percentage of the strike zone that you can do extra-base hit, barrel damage with the ball. Just because… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
Me talking about my batting average and not getting hits is not going to help me do better tomorrow. Staying positive is… — Marcus Semien Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to… — Jim Evans Copy Share Image
Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off, the right pitch will come and when it does be prepared… — Sara Ann Nielsen Copy Share Image
(Baseball) is a game with a lot of waiting in it; it is a game with increasingly heightened anticipation of increasingly limited… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it's baseball or sports or knitting… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
Because Cards' fans are the most knowledgeable and loyal in all of baseball, they booed almost reluctantly, polite as booing goes, what… — Buzz Bissinger Copy Share Image
I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all… — Harmon Killebrew Copy Share Image
I've been in there with, to me, some top-tier guys, and so has Trout. You can't take that away from him at… — Jermell Charlo Copy Share Image
I don't think too much about mechanics. I just like to go up there and swing. It's more than my swing, though.… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
“The guy stroked his goatee. “What do you call twenty guys watching the World Series?” “The New York Yankees,” Butch replied. The… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do… — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
“Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and… — H. A. Dorfman Copy Share Image
Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises. — Sandy Alderson Copy Share Image
In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they… — Honus Wagner Copy Share Image
Strikeouts are important. Anytime you can generate an out without the ball being put in play, there's nothing that can be done… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, what fun the game is! You grab a bat and glove and ball, that's it. I know what… — Eddie Mathews Copy Share Image
Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a… — Jamie Moyer Copy Share Image
In the past I've tended to overreact. I was sure I'd be a superstar by the time I was twenty-one. Baseball messed… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
I'm not defined by baseball. I'd love for the Hall of Fame to happen, but if it doesn't, my life won't change.… — Tom Glavine Copy Share Image
I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent… — Barry Bonds Copy Share Image
On-base percentage is, of course, the staple of any baseball sabermetrician. It's supposed to best predict a team's offensive success. — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
