I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well,… — Robin Yount Copy Share Image
“First base was a far richer social opportunity. First base made catching feeling like a bad dinner party - what with the… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. The farmer loves the dramatic, and slugging… — Home Run Baker Copy Share Image
Any game could be my last, and any at bat could be my last. I'd hate to think it ended without me… — Darin Erstad Copy Share Image
There are at least three kinds of advantages that the pitcher and batter contest. There's the physical advantage, the strategic advantage, and… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
What sets baseball apart from other sports is the array of skills that every player needs: the speed, the power, the agility. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Baseball I played literally from the time I can remember. My dad had played, my older brother played, so I always wanted… — Tyler Hoechlin Copy Share Image
One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid,… — Burleigh Grimes Copy Share Image
I protest that we fans are being emotionally starved and frustrated by long periods of perfect performance of these batteries. More over,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Other than hitting the ball...there's nothing else I have ever done or know how to do. How to live on the outside,… — Kim Young-kwang Copy Share Image
The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
As good a hand-eye coordination I have playing the game of baseball, it is completely different out here, completely different style of… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
I had started law school at Florida State University as a part-timer. I would go two quarters, and they allowed me to… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes… — Jose Canseco Copy Share Image
I always say that I think my job is behind home plate, call a good game, play some good defense, and also,… — Carlos Ruiz Copy Share Image
As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
My dad was always at work running a business, so our mom really took care of us. She'd bring us all to… — Dan Gronkowski Copy Share Image
I played baseball in high school, and in some parallel universe, if I had not gone into filmmaking, I may have been… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
At a Dodger baseball game in Los Angeles, I asked Will Durant if he was ninety-four or ninety-five. "Ninety-four," he said. "You… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Two things help me be a winner. One is I try to stay on an even keel. I don't get too high… — Ila Borders Copy Share Image
It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is… — Gary Sheffield Copy Share Image
If you want to get to know me, you have to get off the baseball field. Because when I'm on the field,… — Jeff Kent Copy Share Image
“In our beautiful memory We were all handsome We could all sing We all had the heart Of the prettiest girl in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Baseball is a habit. The slowly rising crescendo of each game, the rhythm of the long season--these are the essentials and they… — George Will Copy Share Image
I want to have the bat in the big moments. If I fail or if I don't, I want to be the… — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be… — Ron Luciano Copy Share Image
I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it;… — Yogi Berra Copy Share Image
“[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do,… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
When I joined a baseball club, the boys of my own age, and a little older, played in the first nine, those… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
You start looking at some of the names that have gotten 10 straight Opening Day starts, and it's pretty crazy to see… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
In the U.S., we prioritise baseball, basketball and American Football compared to European countries which prioritise soccer first. — Larry Nance, Jr Copy Share Image
Baseball-wise, the Orioles specifically love that I haven't pitched as much as other guys coming into Major League Baseball. — Pat Connaughton Copy Share Image
I guess the fearless side is always taking the positive option, with ball or bat. If you feel like you can take… — Saqib Mahmood Copy Share Image
I don't think you have to go hit home runs to win races. I think we can get solid base hits with… — Chase Elliott Copy Share Image
The art of cursing people seems to have lost its tang since the old days when a good malediction took four deep… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
There's nothing more fun than standing at the plate and hitting the ball really hard, see the ball go over the fence.… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
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