If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues. — Aroldis Chapman Copy Share Image
More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood. — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
“All the arguing in the world won't change the mind of the Umpire.” — Pride of the Yankees Copy Share Image
Certain pitches you throw, they lay off them like they knew it was coming. — Mark Buehrle Copy Share Image
Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and… — Yoenis Cespedes Copy Share Image
David Price gives the best high-fives in all of baseball. They sting the hands and deliver noteworthy affirmative vibes. — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
In baseball, there's certain things you can call someone: a fossil, graybeard, grandpa, dad, pops. But I got a chance to say… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever… — Tris Speaker Copy Share Image
To be manager of the Yankees under the malevolent dictatorship of George Steinbrenner is like being married to Zsa Zsa Gabor -… — Robert Rubin Copy Share Image
Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something… — Jason Bay Copy Share Image
The Washington Nationals‘ unexpected deal for free agent pitcher Max Scherzer is worth $210 million over seven years, according to two people… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
Pitching is pitching. I've been doing this since I was eight-years-old, playing in my backyard with my dad. The things that work… — Josh Beckett Copy Share Image
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
Life is like the baseball season, where even the best team loses at least a third of its games, and even the… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Life is like baseball...it throws strange things and you just like the pitcher throws that hard baseball...if you miss it the first… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much… — Pat Gillick Copy Share Image
“The beauty of baseball is multidimensional, appealing to the eye and the mind. There is beauty, for instance, in its geometry, the… — Tom Verducci Copy Share Image
I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's… — John McGraw Copy Share Image
Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way.… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
“Between 1999 and 2002, the Yankees paid over three times what the A’s paid for the average player on their roster. The… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball. — Drew Bledsoe Copy Share Image
“but offered him nothing beyond that. Dodger, for his part, would remove” — Peter David Copy Share Image
“Real ballplayers pass the stuffing by rolling it up in a ball and batting it across the table with a turkey leg.” — Tom Swyers Copy Share Image
You know a guy. You know what's their best pitch. But catching it - that's different. — Carlos Ruiz Copy Share Image
I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series. — Robinson Cano Copy Share Image
Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops. — Chase Utley Copy Share Image
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October. — Whitey Ford Copy Share Image
You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys. — Dale Long Copy Share Image
I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning. — Dave LaPoint Copy Share Image
“Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.” — F.W. Dupee Copy Share Image
Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
