Everyone wants to pencil you in as the kind of player that you're going to be after a few years in the… — Christian Yelich Copy Share Image
We have some fast guys out there. It's always fun to compete with each other at practice in the outfield. It's going… — Andrew Stevenson Copy Share Image
I mean, there are a lot of things that I would love to be able to do and spend time with my… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and… — David Wells Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether I'm in an NHL arena, at a local rink, or on a sheet of ice in the middle… — Gordie Howe Copy Share Image
I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
If I've got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, I didn't know what the Hall of Fame was. I was just playing the game of… — Roberto Alomar Copy Share Image
I had Giants posters all over my room, along with a couple of A's posters. It was pretty much all Giants, but… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
Because I was a chemistry student and was never supposed to be a musician, I always felt like I was an outsider… — David Lang Copy Share Image
By the time I got to high school, I didn't play anything but baseball because I was on a mission. I really… — Jonny Diaz Copy Share Image
There may be times when it's a two-strike count and nobody is on base with two outs, so maybe you're still trying… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
“The career batting average (.254) during parts of five Major League seasons for Francisco Cabrera—which proves that it takes only one big… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of… — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
I don't really look at stats or whatever. You see them on the big screen. But other than that, I don't pay… — Cody Bellinger Copy Share Image
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha,… — Ron Shelton Copy Share Image
You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
My parents didn't know what to do with me. They got me into Little League Baseball, I played out in right field,… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
My game is very consistently boring, which is something that I pride myself on. I will make good plays. I will hit… — Francisco Lindor Copy Share Image
There are places I want to visit where if I'm wearing a baseball cap and some sunglasses I think I can get… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that… — Rafael Palmeiro Copy Share Image
When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or… — Melonie Diaz Copy Share Image
Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but… — Vladimir Guerrero Copy Share Image
When you start a game, you don't think to yourself, "well, OK, I'm going throw a one-hitter today." It just becomes an… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
In baseball, it doesn't matter if you're tall, skinny, fat, whatever. If you really have talent and you really love to play,… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
We never quit trying. I know that's kind of corny, but the fact is we never quit trying. The dugout was alive… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm… — Eric Gagne Copy Share Image
What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do… — Lou Gehrig Copy Share Image
It's like this. Father Time keeps pitching the years at us. We swing and miss at a few. We hit a few… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Our prep's not going to be any different. It will be optional batting practice like there was today. I don't want any… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
Football is cool, basketball is cool - even baseball is cool. But playing quarterback - being on that field, hitting people -… — Ben Shelton Copy Share Image
The hitter can never be the judge. Only the receiver of the blow can tell you how hard it was, whether it… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Baseball is beautiful…the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity. — Bowie Kuhn Copy Share Image
Well, I think baseball should be fun, but there's always a line. There's a fine line with everything. Where's the line between… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
Rolen's the perfect baseball player. It's his tenacity, his preparation, the way he plays. He tries to do everything fundamentally sound. And… — Ned Yost Copy Share Image