--- title: "1 Ballpark Quotes By Tucker Elliot" description: "1 Ballpark quotes by Tucker Elliot. Plus more from Tucker Elliot and more Ballpark sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/tucker-elliot-3557_ballpark_there-s-a-reason-diehard-fans-get-to-the_2480423.jpg" --- > [“There's a reason diehard fans get to the ballpark hours before game time. It’s not for better parking. It’s not for extra time to find our seats. It’s not so we’ll have time to down an extra hot dog, heavy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/there-s-a-reason-diehard-fans-get-to-the-ballpark-hours-before-game/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/tucker-elliot-3557_ballpark_there-s-a-reason-diehard-fans-get-to-the_2480423.jpg) ## More by Tucker Elliot > [“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/it-took-only-three-years-for-jonathan-papelbon-to-surpass-bill/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“I stood with my mom in the cemetery. She felt terrible pain. My grandmother is with God. My mom has to continue living. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/i-stood-with-my-mom-in-the-cemetery-she-felt-terrible-pain-my/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“A son for a flag is a lot of sacrifice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/a-son-for-a-flag-is-a-lot-of-sacrifice/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“In Korea I’d been so afraid that Sami would lose her dad. She did, but she didn’t get a flag. He went to Doha,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/in-korea-i-d-been-so-afraid-that-sami-would-lose-her-dad-she-did-but/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“Sparky Anderson wasn’t just my favorite manager … he was my mom’s favorite manager.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/sparky-anderson-wasn-t-just-my-favorite-manager-he-was-my-mom-s/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“Most of us would give anything for the chance to play just one day of MLB baseball—especially for our favorite team. Well, there once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/most-of-us-would-give-anything-for-the-chance-to-play-just-one-day-of/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/the-sun-appeared-between-the-twin-spires-of-the-cathedral-as-its/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [ “He \[Ted Williams\] was only a 23-year-old kid when he batted .406 in 1941, but then the season ended and our country came under… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/he-ted-williams-was-only-a-23-year-old-kid-when-he-batted-406-in-1941/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball. And surely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/it-was-like-the-baseball-gods-were-showing-off-just-for-him-in-honor/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“The look of a smug teacher is priceless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/the-look-of-a-smug-teacher-is-priceless/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and have their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/i-have-this-thought-it-s-horrible-and-it-makes-me-sick-but-it-s-true/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“There are many ways to measure a manager’s success and contributions to a franchise ... but in this case the two numbers that illustrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/there-are-many-ways-to-measure-a-manager-s-success-and-contributions/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“... there’s almost nothing worse than spending an entire day anticipating watching a Yankees vs. Red Sox game, only to have the score be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/there-s-almost-nothing-worse-than-spending-an-entire-day-anticipating/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“The only thing I knew for sure is I hadn’t slept in ten years. Not really. I’d been fighting my own monster since nine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/the-only-thing-i-knew-for-sure-is-i-hadn-t-slept-in-ten-years-not/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) > [“This is who I was, before I was dead. When I cared, when I was relentless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/this-is-who-i-was-before-i-was-dead-when-i-cared-when-i-was-relentless/) [Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballpark/tucker-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ballpark Quotes By Tucker Elliot", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There's a reason diehard fans get to the ballpark hours before game time. It’s not for better parking. It’s not for extra time to find our seats. 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