That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that. — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm starting to swing the bat now like I know I can. You can't really explain it. I'm just seeing the ball… — J. J. Hardy Copy Share Image
No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would… — Lefty Gomez Copy Share Image
For me, it's just a cleaner game with the DH. You know what's going on. You know the lineup. The pitcher can… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired.' That's 180 degrees from the… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
Baseball people think they can find athletes with good bodies and teach them to play baseball. What's wrong with giving someone who… — Marcus Giles Copy Share Image
I was always small. I was a leadoff hitter growing up, until I was 13 or 14 years old and had a… — Ryan Braun Copy Share Image
Votto's a guy I love to watch. I think the numbers will tell you that he's the best in the game at… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
The Yippie demonstrations were merely an attack of mental disobedience on an obediently insane society... and if you feel you have been… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
“Baseball, in its quiet way, was an extravagantly harrowing game. Football, basketball, hockey, lacrosse--these were melee sports. You could make yourself useful… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
I cannot but feel that the one man, above all others, who deserves the eternal thanks of his own race, and all… — Ford Frick Copy Share Image
I could describe my career in two words: who knew. I was on the path to becoming a professional baseball player, but… — Shemar Moore Copy Share Image
Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out,… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
My first baseman is George "Catfish" Metkovich from our 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates team, which lost 112 games. After a terrible series against… — Joe Garagiola Copy Share Image
I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I used… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
The game can come down to one pitch. But when you're actually out there on the mound and when you're pitching, you… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Dan really came into his own pitching last year (during Legion play). He received the sportsmanship award during the regional tournament. — Wade Clark Mackey Copy Share Image
I have power, but focus on the overall athletic event - the technique you have to execute before acquiring the knockout. You… — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
I believe that if you go on a date and get to second base and then you go home alone and rub… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
“One thing led to another. That was the only way to explain how Arnold Brinkman, who considered both professional sports and young… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
“Love of Fenway itself may be as much a part of the Sox' 2.6 million annual attendance as Pedro (Martinez), Manny (Ramirez)… — Michael Gee Copy Share Image
Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined. — Timothy L. O'Brien Copy Share Image
Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until… — Justin Verlander Copy Share Image
When you've learned to believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be. That's because you have the… — Rod Carew Copy Share Image
I wouldn't trade my life with anybody else. I played during the golden day of baseball, back when it was a game… — Vernon Law Copy Share Image
After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of… — Hank Sauer Copy Share Image
While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
You're always going to believe in yourself, and I have to thank God for that, but it's pretty hard to believe that… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“Son, no matter where your talent takes you, you’re going to be a man a lot longer than you’re going to be… — Stephanie Evanovich Copy Share Image
“Second-baseman Eddie Stanky spoke for the whole team when he shouted at the opposing dugout: “Listen, you yellow-bellied cowards, why don’t you… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Baseball is green and safe. It has neither the street intimidation of basketball nor the controlled Armageddon of football… Baseball is a… — Luke Salisbury Copy Share Image
I don't think I understand the significance yet, as many Americans do, of being in Yankee Stadium. But it's a great place… — Jack Harrison Copy Share Image
“I’m sort of a baseball agnostic; I make it a point never to believe anything just because it is widely known to… — Bill James Copy Share Image
When I started playing the game of baseball, the more I played and the better numbers I got, the more I started… — Roberto Alomar Copy Share Image
As a kid, my favorite adventures were to skip school and go into the sewage drains and talk to the turtles and… — Riff Raff Copy Share Image
My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but… — Steve Finley Copy Share Image
The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
