It wasn't really until the 10th or 11th grade when I started to play well, and football took the place of baseball,… — Calvin Johnson Copy Share Image
Toledo is better than exciting, it's happy. Because nothing is more conducive to unhappiness than taking yourself seriously, and taking yourself seriously… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I think running the bases is a controlled run, because you have to time your steps to hit each bag. In the… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
I wanted to go on the red carpet with a baseball cap, t-shirt, and jeans. And I still do. Because that's really… — Missy Peregrym Copy Share Image
Just to be able to say that I'm from Miami, Florida, in the Winter Olympics was an honor, and I'm proud to… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
Things happen in baseball, even if, in theory, it's something you don't do. Stats are a tool, but it doesn't mean that's… — Jon Miller Copy Share Image
I'm going to go back to the Bay Area, this is my thing, and I'm just going to open my own school… — Barry Bonds Copy Share Image
I played from the time I was seven years old. My father was my first baseman coach. I had opportunities that I… — Todd English Copy Share Image
Hey, it's been a great ride for me, a great life. Everything I have I owe to baseball. Baseball owes me nothin'.… — Don Zimmer Copy Share Image
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I ain't got no problem in Boston, I especially like the attention. I know that I'm one of the top guys in… — Manny Ramirez Copy Share Image
One curve I'll always remember was when I was pitching for Pittsburgh. Terry Kennedy was a young player with St. Louis. I… — Bert Blyleven Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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Some players just have the natural stroke that you throw them in the lineup and all of the sudden they turn on… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
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Golf was a great way to be better in baseball. And now golf is something I enjoy, and a way to better… — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way… — Ernie Harwell Copy Share Image
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Byrd has always been that kind of pitcher, trying to trick you, keep the ball low, in and out. He threw a… — Adrian Beltre Copy Share Image
I started out as a camera operator. I was doing news, and I was doing sports - baseball games and football games.… — Kathleen Kennedy Copy Share Image
Everybody should bring a little bit more to the postseason, and I feel like baseball - playing it that way - that… — Fernando Tatis Jr Copy Share Image
I have a future and I have a mind and I have things to look forward to,' but to me it's just… — David Cone Copy Share Image
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To a New Yorker, a 1948 Indians World Series baseball signed by the whole team might be worth only $200 to $300,… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
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I've tried them all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I've always felt that I need to be somebody in the middle of the lineup that's going to drive in runs and… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
You need some time off from baseball. Like, when you have a bad game, or you end up playing really good, you… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
His doctors said he was, in many ways, the most remarkable patient they'd ever seen. His bravery, so stark and real, that… — Bob Costas Copy Share Image
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I grew up in Kentucky, so we do not have a pro team. My family was split between the Cubs and the… — Maggie Lawson Copy Share Image
“...it was one at bat during October 1975 that defined his [Joe Morgan's] place in baseball history and secured the legacy of… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
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