I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What… — Greg Maddux Copy Share Image
I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
If you got a hit every third time that you went up to bat in the major leagues, you'd be the greatest… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see… — Alex Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I don't have anything to prove at all. I've pitched in a lot of games. I've had far more good games than… — Brad Lidge Copy Share Image
It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has… — Tony Oliva Copy Share Image
We were the chosen rejects. We chose not to be apart of the popular crowd. I mean, I can rember a lot… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
“Mostly because you’re an upper-middle-class white male and this country doesn’t like anything better than that. Just don’t confuse luck with brilliance.… — Joel Goldman Copy Share Image
When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game.… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
Brandon McCaw is the only person and only man in the world to hit a baseball pitch and make it in the… — Brandon McCaw Copy Share Image
The buzzer timing is so important and when you get into a rhythm like that - to go back to baseball you'll… — Brad Rutter Copy Share Image
When you lose velocity off of your fastball, one thing that suffers is your off-speed pitches - the action on your off-speed… — Tim Hudson Copy Share Image
When that's happening, when your starting pitchers are consistently going out there and getting you through the middle innings, it just sets… — Aaron Boone Copy Share Image
If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit-and-run and turning two is more important than knowing where to… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
I got into a bad habit of dropping my elbow and pushing the ball to the plate instead of getting on top… — Matt Cain Copy Share Image
Baseball is so hard as it is. For me, if you simplify it, it takes a little bit of the weight off,… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
I belong to an improv group, I play cello, I have these phases - fencing, tae kwon do, baseball, ice hockey, boogie… — Ty Simpkins Copy Share Image
Baseball is a great example of the cultural ties between the United States and Cuba and a powerful reminder of the shared… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
The balls definitely carry a lot more. There should be some more home runs this year. Some of the guys on the… — Andrew Stevenson Copy Share Image
Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball.… — Patrick Soon-Shiong Copy Share Image
If I'm in the rotation, I'm in the rotation. If I'm not, I still will support the guys like I am in… — Tavon Austin Copy Share Image
When I'm not at work, I put deep conditioner in my hair and wear a baseball cap. I'll just roll around on… — Sarah Rafferty Copy Share Image
I've never done any bat-speed training or anything like that. There are things that you work on during the offseason in the… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
Every one of my guy friends I played baseball with were Backstreet Boys fans as well. So it's not something I felt… — Chris Lane Copy Share Image
You just try your best, just try to do damage any way you can. It can be one at-bat, it can be… — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
“The naked pinch hitter takes only one thing to the plate: his raw, and somewhat irrational, confidence in himself. That this confidence… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
When his football and baseball careers ended, my dad became an accomplished marbles player. Then dad got really good at pitching horseshoes.… — Mike D'Antoni Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was the only Indian kid around for miles, so I ached to belong. I had a neighborhood pack of… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I think that's particularly important in the playoffs when you're facing good pitching. You've got to go up and just anyway you… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who influenced me, nurtured me, helped me along the way. But I can just recall looking… — Dave Winfield Copy Share Image
“Chase Stern steps out of the dugout and I lean forward, admiring the perfect fit of his pants, his confident stride to… — Alessandra Torre Copy Share Image
I got some good news earlier today before the show. Thanks to Alex Rodriguez, I am no longer the most overpaid disappointment… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with… — David Ortiz Copy Share Image
Every at-bat, I try to hit the ball. I don't like to strike out. I put the ball in play a lot,… — Garrett Atkins Copy Share Image
Confidence allows you to progress in something you're attempting to accomplish, whether it's playing basketball or baseball or whether it's trying to… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is… — Neville Cardus Copy Share Image
George Steinbrenner forever changed baseball and hopefully someday we will see him honored in baseball's Hall of Fame as one of the… — John W. Henry Copy Share Image
