What's cool about baseball is you don't have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up… — Jim Abbott Copy Share Image
The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice… — Stan Musial Copy Share Image
In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half… — Yoenis Cespedes Copy Share Image
When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to… — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I… — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a slap hitter. It would hurt my pride if someone called me one. I wanted to be… — Trea Turner Copy Share Image
Regardless of how long it took or what I had to go through to get there, I had visualizations of throwing no-hitters… — Jake Arrieta Copy Share Image
“I’m glad there are organizations like Dale Murphy’s I Won’t Cheat Foundation. I’m glad there are athletes with standards and morals who… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
The first year was weird. I knew I was just there to talk to pitchers and not step on any toes. I… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
I live and die with the Indians. The first game I attended back in the mid-'90s was almost a religious experience. We… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Let's try to find ten good things to say about Albert Belle: 10. So far as we know, he's never killed anyone.… — Bill James Copy Share Image
A lot of people tell me now I'm their inspiration. They say, 'I don't play baseball,' and then they mention whatever -… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
My eyesight is not good. You guys will see, in games you'll watch, I will have times where I don't see the… — Jake Peavy Copy Share Image
The catch off Bobby Morgan (a backhanded grab of the Brooklyn Dodger's line drive in September 1951 at Ebbets Field) in Brooklyn… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
We're proud of Venezuela and Venezuelan baseball. People in America don't realize it, but we've got 25, 30 million people here, and… — Johan Santana Copy Share Image
Baseball is the very symbol, the outward and visible expression of the drive and push and rush and struggle of the raging,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My best pitch is my fastball. It's probably the most difficult pitch to hit. In my case, batters have very little reaction… — Aroldis Chapman Copy Share Image
I'm me on the mound. I like to show my emotion, be real aggressive and give everything I've got for one half… — Eric Gagne Copy Share Image
Baseball does become slow sometimes. It's totally unnecessary. The - you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for… — Bill James Copy Share Image
In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to… — Bobby Thomson Copy Share Image
I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So… — Thomas Peterffy Copy Share Image
I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to… — Dusty Baker Copy Share Image
I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy… — Carlton Fisk Copy Share Image
If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn't like either of them, well, I'm in… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the… — Dwight Gooden Copy Share Image
He's (George Steinbrenner) the one who gave me a chance to get to the World Series. This is where I wanted to… — Roger Clemens Copy Share Image
Baseball can be a game of peaks and valleys. Mentally, I want to stay away from the ups and downs and just… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
(Rogers) Hornsby could run like anything but not like this kid. (Ty) Cobb was the fastest I ever saw for being sensational… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
I couldn't picture myself with a boyfriend, but if I had to, I envisioned a nice normal guy who turned in his… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
We won. The media. We destroyed Barry Bonds, drove him crazy, turned the most disciplined and feared hitter the game has ever… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
I really feel like I haven't had a job. Playing [baseball] and then doing television. I watched my mom clean houses and… — Harold Reynolds Copy Share Image
Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
But wherever I was I played baseball. That's all I lived for. When I sat up on the front seat of that… — Smoky Joe Wood Copy Share Image
Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is… — Bob Greene Copy Share Image
I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood… — Lou Gehrig Copy Share Image
Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
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