Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox. — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy… — Jim Evans Copy Share Image
“From The Red Sox Reader: "The Yankees may have always had the better players, but the Red Sox always had the better… — Dan Riley Copy Share Image
My dad wasn't a power hitter, and I didn't think I'd be a power hitter because the person I wanted to be… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
Decades after a person has stopped collecting bubble gum cards, he can still discover himself collecting ballparks... their smells, their special seasons,… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
I mean, our job is - we're baseball players, we have to go to work. But when it all boils down, we're… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
“Even the legendary Babe Ruth batted “only” .342. You can’t hit every ball that comes your way, and neither can anyone else.” — Valerie Young Copy Share Image
We had some pretty good at-bats off Carpenter. We just couldn't find any holes. That's the way it goes sometimes. We were… — Craig Biggio Copy Share Image
I was so happy to be out of there. “Barabas, if you weren’t batting for the other team, I’d marry you.” He… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Carlos Ruiz hascaught me a lot of bullpens, and he's really worked since he got here to try to learn the pitchers.… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
The NBA Schedule was made up by one man, Eddie Gottlieb, who had owned the Philadelphia Warriors. Eddie had a Buddha-like body… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Everybody in the league knew I had trouble with the inside pitch. I got away with it only because the great majority… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
Owners, the way they blackballed me from baseball, the way they used me, in a sense, and then the way they wanted… — Jose Canseco Copy Share Image
Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever,… — Jimmy Connors Copy Share Image
I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I just like showing people - and this might be at the root of everything that I've done - that I don't… — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
I like metal detecting, collecting Civil War artifacts, fishing, hunting, cigars, Labradors, the outdoor life, my baseball game, football. — Hank Williams Jr Copy Share Image
I was known as a Yankee killer. My best year against them was 1953. I beat them five times and shut them… — Mel Parnell Copy Share Image
I want to be that good. I want to be Barry Bonds. I want when I pitch to be 'Win Day.' I… — Josh Beckett Copy Share Image
No matter how hard you throw it or what you've got out there, you've just got to find a way to compete.… — Chris Sale Copy Share Image
You know, when you can play with the greatest players of that particular era, you look forward to going to the ballpark.… — Johnny Bench Copy Share Image
When I see players like Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Robinson Cano, and Miguel Cabrera, I see they have a good season, but… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
“Betemit's positional flexibility is the same as yours: He can stand around and muse about the great philosophical debates of our day… — Baseball Prospectus Copy Share Image
We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to… — Duke Snider Copy Share Image
Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what… — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really.… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
When you're playing first base, you help the infielders a lot. They appreciate you when you pick their ball. It's fun to… — Cody Bellinger Copy Share Image
I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was… — Eric Davis Copy Share Image
Even with good vision, if you're in a bad spot you're not going to be able to dictate your at-bat how I… — Corey Seager Copy Share Image
I always talk about it with my dad - I said, 'If baseball doesn't work out, maybe I'll join the military and… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I don't like to guess. Just react. Some guys are guess hitters. I just could never do it. If you guess and… — Christian Yelich Copy Share Image
Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
I feel like when I arrive at the hospital I want a glass of whiskey, I want the epidural in my back.… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
After a play in the field Casey would turn (to the players on the bench) and say 'What did he do wrong?'… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
I think if the players are trying to market themselves in the sense they want to wear cool cleats or cool shoes… — Trea Turner Copy Share Image
My dad and I, we used to play baseball. I was the catcher. Which I liked. Until one day, I saw this… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
That's what I love about baseball, that it gives the opportunity for every single guy to develop and play the game. There's… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
