Sure, it's nice to win. But there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get,… — Vida Blue Copy Share Image
A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and… — Bill Dickey Copy Share Image
Top football clubs are now using a model of statistical analysis similar to that used by Billy Beane in Major League Baseball… — David James Copy Share Image
When you pinch-hit, you know you're getting their best guys, and usually it's a reliever and a guy that's got a really… — Billy Butler Copy Share Image
I usually stick out my hand and hope he puts the ball in it. Except the one time I went out to… — Al Lopez Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, I want to play stupid. That's kind of the best way to describe it - just keep… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
You never want to be in a bases-loaded, no-outs position, but dammit, when you're there, you better enjoy it. You better not… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
I've missed the postseason once. It's a special brand of baseball, and it's a brand of baseball that you want to play… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never… — Bengie Molina Copy Share Image
One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want… — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
Baseball is like this. Have one good year and you can fool them for five more, because for five more years they… — Frankie Frisch Copy Share Image
It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy… — Jim Evans Copy Share Image
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox. — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
“From The Red Sox Reader: "The Yankees may have always had the better players, but the Red Sox always had the better… — Dan Riley Copy Share Image
My dad wasn't a power hitter, and I didn't think I'd be a power hitter because the person I wanted to be… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
Decades after a person has stopped collecting bubble gum cards, he can still discover himself collecting ballparks... their smells, their special seasons,… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“Even the legendary Babe Ruth batted “only” .342. You can’t hit every ball that comes your way, and neither can anyone else.” — Valerie Young Copy Share Image
I mean, our job is - we're baseball players, we have to go to work. But when it all boils down, we're… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
I just like showing people - and this might be at the root of everything that I've done - that I don't… — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
I like metal detecting, collecting Civil War artifacts, fishing, hunting, cigars, Labradors, the outdoor life, my baseball game, football. — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
I was known as a Yankee killer. My best year against them was 1953. I beat them five times and shut them… — Mel Parnell Copy Share Image
No matter how hard you throw it or what you've got out there, you've just got to find a way to compete.… — Chris Sale Copy Share Image
I want to be that good. I want to be Barry Bonds. I want when I pitch to be 'Win Day.' I… — Josh Beckett Copy Share Image
Yogi's been an inspiration to me, not only because of his baseball skills, but of course for the enduring mark he left… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
You never really know baseball until you put on a pair of cleats and get out and play it; and if you… — Waite Hoyt Copy Share Image
Pac-Man? Or is it Donkey Kong?” In truth, it looked a little more violent and military. A slow grin spread over his… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
Every kid's dream is to play for their hometown team, watching when you're younger and stuff like that. It's awesome to be… — Gaby Sanchez Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the best setup guys now have a tougher job than the closers. They pitch more innings, inherit more runners. — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
Just being able to experience that caliber of a level of a sport, the highest level of a sport, has helped me… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
Lower stress equals a calmer approach at the plate. Calm equals a still head, allowing us to see the ball better. Confidence… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him… — Tony Gwynn Copy Share Image
I've been lucky. I've met a lot of baseball people, and I've learned to value people who talk - people who talk… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
It's a matter of how the bullpen looks as to whether Bell goes in there or Crow goes in there. Bell won't… — Wayne Graham Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is… — James Patrick Murray Copy Share Image
To stay sane, I lived in my head, where I could travel and imagine. In my mind, I played a championship game… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
“That's sounds right. Another $5,000 went to dress up the Little League park where he had played so many games. Seems like… — John Grisham Copy Share Image