As a young boy, I had the usual hobbies - sports, baseball cards, model airplanes and trains. But I always had a… — Craig Sager Copy Share Image
That's why, to me, Spring Training is so hard, because every time you go up there, there's a new pitcher, and you… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to… — Zack Greinke Copy Share Image
I think that it takes one person in the household to be a baseball fan for people to love baseball. And if… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
I play rec softball sort of religiously. I'm a huge baseball fan. When I lived in New York City, I'd go to… — Chris Wood Copy Share Image
I was stealing all the bases, and when you had to go to arbitration they said, 'You know, only the big boys… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
I look in the clubhouses I am in, and all you can hope is that young kids are playing baseball and working… — Marcus Semien Copy Share Image
You walk into the locker room, and you see players with their ripping muscles and stomachs you could wash your clothes in. — Jerry Coleman Copy Share Image
A lot of times, I've always looked at pitching in the All-Star Game as a prelude to how you pitch in the… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
“Big Papi placed among the top five in Most Valuable Player balloting during his first five seasons with the Red Sox. His… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Gary Bell is nicknamed Ding Dong. Of course. What’s interesting about it is that “Ding Dong” is what the guys holler when… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
Baseball is meant to be fun, and not all the solemn money-men in fur-collared greatcoats, not all the scruffy media cameramen and… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I don't like to sound immodest, but I believe in what I can do. Sometimes it's been frustrating because I haven't gotten… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
“The idea of having baseball games at Sing Sing and bringing in a high school team to play with the crooks at… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
People recognize me wherever I go, where it used to be just New York. I guess people who aren't even baseball fans… — Graig Nettles Copy Share Image
Having two triples in one inning is something that is unheard of in my time with the team. Tyler just had a… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into… — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
All the stuff about who's hitting behind you and who's hitting in front of you-it plays a little bit of a part.… — Dan Uggla Copy Share Image
My dad was the founder of the Little League chapter in Caguas where I'm from, he passed away in 1998, and that's… — Alex Cora Copy Share Image
You have got to field well. If you don't bat well, you can still make a difference by fielding well. There are… — Mohammad Azharuddin Copy Share Image
I think, as a starting pitcher, that's your job. Your job is to go out there and give your team as many… — Max Fried Copy Share Image
To me grinding out a good at-bat is pretty much fighting. And it's not trying to do too much with pitches, just… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
“It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” —George… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball… — David Wright Copy Share Image
I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
I've always made the case that a baseball locker room is simply an extension of society. Every type of person you have… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been. — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
I feel like, by now, if you don't understand that the playoffs can be somewhat of a crapshoot sometimes, then you don't… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
I was only halfway to the record and it seemed like it took me a long time. I feel like that one… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
The majority of the time with two strikes I'll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as… — Chase Utley Copy Share Image
I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done,… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what… — Bill James Copy Share Image
I appreciate the fans of baseball, and especially Boston fans. Just like me, they have high expectations and they'll let you know… — Chris Sale Copy Share Image
That is what I always said as I don't want to be one-dimensional; I don't want to just hit homers or have… — Trea Turner Copy Share Image
A sports writer who covers baseball could go up to Tony La Russa and have a real baseball argument, and Tony would… — Colin Cowherd Copy Share Image
There's not a pill or an injection that's going to give me, going to give any player the hand-eye coordination to hit… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
