For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience. — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
Wrestling, football, basketball, and baseball were the four things I was obsessed with as a kid. — Tyrus Copy Share Image
Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist. — Alvin Dark Copy Share Image
Wrestling isn't looked upon like the other sports of football, baseball, basketball and hockey. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons. — Red Barber Copy Share Image
Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of… — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
“Tampa Bay, like any other expansion team, toiled and persevered in its infancy—but today, minus the Devil, the Rays have become one… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays.… — Phil Niekro Copy Share Image
If I know it's going over the fence, I am going to start jogging and just get around the bases and get… — Aaron Judge Copy Share Image
John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really… — Jorge Posada Copy Share Image
Watching a baseball game on television is like chasing the great white whale in a goldfish bowl. It trivializes everything: men two… — Ward Just Copy Share Image
Your first hit in the majors - that's tops. It means you're on your way. When you get the first hit, then… — Rod Carew Copy Share Image
I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
When you're in the backyard as a kid playing and falling in love with the game and you crush the ball? You… — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
Dusty Rhodes was a great athlete. Actually, he was a baseball player as well. He played football but he played baseball. That… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Golf is the only sport I know of where a player pays for every mistake. A man can muff a serve in… — Lloyd Mangrum Copy Share Image
I do the work just because I enjoy it on the day, working with the guys. For me, it's like going to… — William Petersen Copy Share Image
I'm not as anti-sports as I've led people to believe - I've been to a Giants game. I've been to Giants Stadium… — Kevin Corrigan Copy Share Image
The typical baseball play is a pitcher throwing a ball and the batter not swinging at it, while the other players watch.… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
Yeah, I miss it. You don't just break off a friendship you've had with a sport, and with all those you've met… — Lou Boudreau Copy Share Image
Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season.… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
