I never took the game home with me. I always left it in…

I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way…

— Bob Lemon

To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback.

— Steve Hovley

Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon.…

— Reggie Jackson

I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma,…

— Ron Shelton

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

— Mickey Mantle

A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed into two-and-one-half hours.

— Ray Fitzgerald

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure…

— Mickey Mantle

Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.

— Joe Schultz

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

— Willie Stargell

What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell her I'm…

— Leo Durocher

It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.

— Yogi Berra

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.

— Red Smith

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's…

— Don Drysdale

Feeling is to lose a major league game.

— Chuck Tanner

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.

— Duke Snider