Baseball Quotes · Page 99

You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.

— Tommy Lasorda

A fan without a team is like a hog without truffles - she has nothing to root for.

— Carol Tavris

Baseball was my first sport. I wish I would have stayed with it.

— Reggie Bush

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the…

— Tris Speaker

What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.

— Babe Ruth

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

— Earl Weaver

Baseball will be back to Montreal, I want to see it. I want it to happen before I die. I will see…

— Felipe Alou

There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.

— Mariano Rivera

The first thing I learned from Jeter is to be the same no matter if you are doing good or bad. It…

— Robinson Cano

“Baseball, more than any other sport, has a magical way of connecting fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren and…

— Alan Gratz

There's only a certain percentage of the strike zone that you can do extra-base hit, barrel damage with the ball. Just because…

— Joey Votto

Lasorda's standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in…

— Steve Garvey

Joe Torre, who switched to first base because he didn't want to go through life as Chicken Catcher Torre. Never got a…

— Red Buttons

I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has…

— Eric Davis

My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said…

— Bert Blyleven

I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that…

— Lou Brock

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the…

— Joe Torre

Baseball is going to end some day. I realize that as soon as you retire you know, people forget about you in…

— Clayton Kershaw

In baseball, I don't fraternize with players when it's time to hit. I'm preparing for the game. It's the most important time…

— Albert Belle

When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves…

— Joe Torre

The name Derek Jeter is made for stardom. He's got an infectious smile, and he's so handsome and well-behaved. He's just a…

— George Steinbrenner

I've been a Yankees fan for a long time. When I was a kid in the mid-'70s, the Yankees were really great.…

— James Gray

Here's the pitch. Mantle swings. There's a tremendous drive going into deep left field! It's going, going! It's over the bleachers... over…

— Mel Allen

Guillen wasn't finished about his intent to stick with Contreras with left-hander Neal Cotts warming up. He was dominating the Twins, ...…

— Ozzie Guillen

I spent a lot of my childhood growing up in Oklahoma, where I wrestled and played baseball.

— Johny Hendricks

If a guy is taking his girl for granted, he really deserves a slap, with a baseball bat.

— Louis Tomlinson

Hey, hitting is hard-if you make good pitches that aren't elevated in the zone, you're going to have success.

— Eli Manning

They should move 1st base back a foot to avoid all those close plays

— John Lowenstein

I love baseball. You know, it doesn’t have to mean anything. It’s just very beautiful to watch.

— Woody Allen

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings.

— Earl Wilson

The pitch is the most important thing for us: not the words, not on paper.

— Antonio Conte

There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns.

— Paul Broun

She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to influence our decision

— Mike Fitzpatrick

Derek Jeter always felt like New York: the good-looking single guy for all those years. He felt like a Yankee.

— Colin Cowherd

It (baseball) has no clock, no ties and no Liberal intrusions into the organized progression.

— George Will

It's amazing what you can do in this game with a heart and a brain

— Buddy Bell

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

— Greg Maddux

Bob Davis has his hair differently this year, short with curls like Randy Jones wears. I think you call it a Frisbee.

— Jerry Coleman

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

— Stan Musial

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

— Anonymous