Baseball Quotes · Page 58

When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher.

— Rogers Hornsby

Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a…

— Bill Buckner

After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same.

— Mickey Mantle

I believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.

— J. D. Martinez

It's baseball. You never know what to expect. Every day is different.

— Xander Bogaerts

In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes.

— Rickey Henderson

Dont let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game<3

— A Cinderella Story

You hear the same thing every year but that is because it is true. In a short series, pitching is very dominant.

— Carl Erskine

I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the…

— Zack Wheat

As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value of…

— Vernon Wells

Is Coors Field a good park to hit in? Yeah. So are Wrigley Field and Camden Yards. I didn't design Coors Field-I…

— Todd Helton

The main thing you want to look at is, am I swinging at strikes and am I putting good swings on the…

— Tommy Pham

One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls…

— Satchel Paige

As a catcher, you have to put your focus on what you're doing defensively. You learn how to put your at-bats aside…

— Buster Posey

There is no chance of night baseball ever being popular in the bigger cities. People there are educated to see the best…

— Clark Griffith

Everything at a baseball game is pretty much health food if you subscribe to the theory that you're eating what makes you…

— Joey Chestnut

I think there's something to baseball, golf, fishing that there's downtime within all of those sports. Even though you're still doing the…

— Jessica Mendoza

I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him…

— Curt Young

For several years, I have had my eye on second baseman Del Pratt of St. Louis. I cannot say that he is…

— Jacob Ruppert

“It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball.…

— Tucker Elliot

“I mean, we’re talking about chocolate, for chrissake! Chocolate’s wonderful! Everyone loves it! Look at me, I’m part German! That makes me…

— Jon Sindell

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I…

— Alex Rodriguez

“After you pass a certain age, things you were able to do easily aren’t so easy anymore — just as a fastball…

— Haruki Murakami

Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully,…

— Thierry Henry

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

— Cy Young

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

— Leo Durocher

Even on home runs that I hit in the past, guys were like, 'Man, you need to slow down. You've got that…

— Curtis Granderson

I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in…

— Pablo Sandoval

A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game.

— Peter Ueberroth

To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.

— Dave Winfield

I was given a gift to throw a baseball. I didn't do anything to deserve that.

— Clayton Kershaw

Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.

— John Kessel

I like football. I like baseball. When the pitcher and the batter start fighting, that's the best.

— Pablo Francisco

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

— Branch Rickey

Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases.

— Babe Ruth

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

— Ty Cobb

You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

— Darrell Johnson

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

— John Lee Hooker

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

— Ron Blomberg

I always try to have some good at-bats. Home runs come once in a while; that's good.

— Carlos Ruiz