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
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
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
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
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
If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics,… — Joe DiMaggio Copy Share Image
I think Daniel Murphy definitely is premeditated what he'd like to do. He's very good about not missing his pitch when he… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Believe it or not the war on Iraq is based on a sound scientific principle, The bee hive principle. Which clearly states… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I think baseball represents something closer to our experience. There's no clock in baseball; it's not over until it's over. It's like… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the bases… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
If you seriously aspire to be a manager in the big leagues, there is a baseball 'book' that one must learn. Alongside… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm a really smart player. If you tell me something, I get it quickly. If there is something wrong with my hitting,… — Albert Pujols Copy Share Image
I remember being, like, 5 years old, and my dad took me to a Yankees-Mets game. My dad had me on his… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
I strike out three times, and while I'm upset in my mind, I don't show it. I just tell myself I will… — Manny Ramirez Copy Share Image
“In high school I wrote an essay on baseball and my teacher told me I had to rewrite it on a more… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Sports like baseball or baseball are easy to dramatise, because all of them have a pause and that helps with the tension.… — Carlos Cuaron Copy Share Image
It's definitely different than living in Los Angeles or Miami Beach, but Milwaukee is still a great city in its own right.… — Christian Yelich Copy Share Image
Joe DiMaggio batting sometimes gave the impression, the suggestion that the old rules and dimensions of baseball no longer applied to him,… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
I just hope Sammy (Sosa) gets the attention he deserves. Not only has he hit sixty-two homers, but he has carried us.… — Mark Grace Copy Share Image
“Only a psychological freak could approach a 100-mph fastball aimed not all that far from his head with total confidence. “Lenny” — Michael Lewis 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
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
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
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
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
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
As far as I can tell, the baseball teams are run pretty darn well. I'm sure there's some better and worse, but… — Daryl Morey Copy Share Image
Yeah, I'm going to go back (after hitting his 500th home run, but commenting on reaching the 3,000 hit plateau) to my… — Rafael Palmeiro Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York City, where we played highly unorganized sports: stick ball, stoop ball, and the occasional game of… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his… — Randy Johnson Copy Share Image
You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image