Publishers and writers are desperate to cash in on the latest craze, be it baseball, the founding fathers or jihad. Their livelihoods… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
It's not good or bad, but closers have changed things. I don't think you are going to win a World Series without… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
David Remnick [the New Yorker's editor in chief]is about as interested in anything gay as I am interested in anything to do… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I didn't know if I still had it in me to be really dangerous, but I thought so. It's like knocking someone… — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four… — Lefty Gomez Copy Share Image
Like, I played baseball with all boys. They didn't want to play catch with me. I mean, it's the story of everything… — Jessica Mendoza Copy Share Image
Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because… — Bill James Copy Share Image
When you start a game, you don't think to yourself, "well, OK, I'm going throw a one-hitter today." It just becomes an… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but… — Vladimir Guerrero Copy Share Image
What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or… — Melonie Diaz Copy Share Image
Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that… — Rafael Palmeiro Copy Share Image
When I first came to Yankee Stadium I used to feel like the ghosts of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were walking… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
It's like this. Father Time keeps pitching the years at us. We swing and miss at a few. We hit a few… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Football is cool, basketball is cool - even baseball is cool. But playing quarterback - being on that field, hitting people -… — Ben Shelton Copy Share Image
Our prep's not going to be any different. It will be optional batting practice like there was today. I don't want any… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
What are you going to do? Admit to yourself that the pitchers have you on the point of surrender? You can't do… — Lou Gehrig Copy Share Image
You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm… — Eric Gagne Copy Share Image
We never quit trying. I know that's kind of corny, but the fact is we never quit trying. The dugout was alive… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
In baseball, it doesn't matter if you're tall, skinny, fat, whatever. If you really have talent and you really love to play,… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether I'm in an NHL arena, at a local rink, or on a sheet of ice in the middle… — Gordie Howe Copy Share Image
To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and… — David Wells Copy Share Image
I mean, there are a lot of things that I would love to be able to do and spend time with my… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to pencil you in as the kind of player that you're going to be after a few years in the… — Christian Yelich Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're timing is good, but they're pitching you really well and you have to adjust. The only way you can do… — Jose Bautista Copy Share Image
I can remember being in right field in Yankee Stadium and fans armed with media guides called out my family by their… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
We have some fast guys out there. It's always fun to compete with each other at practice in the outfield. It's going… — Andrew Stevenson Copy Share Image
It's not a fun process. There is no need for the team and a player to be on opposing sides a week… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
I played all sports when I was young. I was into wrestling, basketball, baseball, football, and I ran track. But wrestling was… — Muggsy Bogues Copy Share Image
I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, I didn't know what the Hall of Fame was. I was just playing the game of… — Roberto Alomar Copy Share Image
My parents didn't know what to do with me. They got me into Little League Baseball, I played out in right field,… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
If I've got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
There are places I want to visit where if I'm wearing a baseball cap and some sunglasses I think I can get… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My game is very consistently boring, which is something that I pride myself on. I will make good plays. I will hit… — Francisco Lindor Copy Share Image
I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
The nice thing about baseball is that all of the possible outcomes are known - it's not quite as messy as the… — Paul DePodesta Copy Share Image