Baseball Quotes · Page 102

All the individual stuff is great, but I just want to win a World Series.

— Clayton Kershaw

Are there rules about betting on baseball games? Yeah--you have to stay away from the Padres.

— James Siegel

“Maybe the Americans should have brought baseballs instead of bombs.”

— Ann E. Burg

Growing up, my favorite player was either Derek Jeter or Manny Ramirez.

— Cody Bellinger

It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players.

— Gabe Paul

If God wanted football played in the spring, he would not have invented baseball.

— Sam Rutigliano

The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.

— Reggie Jackson

You might be a redneck if you own at least 20 baseball hats.

— Jeff Foxworthy

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got…

— Lefty Gomez

When I signed with Minnesota, I knew that for us to get to a World Series, at some point, we would have…

— Carlos Correa

Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays.

— Derrek Lee

It looked like a ballpark. It smelled like a ballpark. It had a feeling and a heartbeat, a personality that was all…

— Richie Ashburn

I dismiss posts where one or other of the couple was wearing anything named by brand, or you know, baseball caps, or…

— Sophie Blackall

Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give me a handbook on…

— Lou Brock

I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my…

— Steve Carlton

I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear…

— Kate McKinnon

It was a crazy series, 1960. The Yankees were predicted to beat us four straight. And on paper, we couldn't match them…

— Vernon Law

It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the…

— Steve Carlton

The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none…

— Sandy Koufax

There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I like the style of National League baseball. I like the different moves that have to be made. I like the fact…

— Buster Posey

Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper…

— Evan Bayh

The Yippie demonstrations were merely an attack of mental disobedience on an obediently insane society... and if you feel you have been…

— Phil Ochs

“Baseball, in its quiet way, was an extravagantly harrowing game. Football, basketball, hockey, lacrosse--these were melee sports. You could make yourself useful…

— Chad Harbach

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

— Frank Robinson

Chris Gayle is an incredible player. A big guy, with phenomenal power and a very big bat. It's quite the combo.

— Jos Buttler

He was real low on his pitch count, but we had a fresh bullpen. I didn't think that was much of an…

— Xavi Hernandez

You know how hard it is to play the game from game to game, at-bat to at-bat, so many things can change.

— Trea Turner

In a sport like baseball, you strike out or get embarrassed, you turn the page.

— Stephen Gostkowski

What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.

— Harry Caray

I'm not going up there trying to hit more fly balls. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard.

— Ryan Zimmerman

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.

— Dizzy Dean

I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in.

— Tony La Russa

“A freak who thought about death and murder twenty-four-seven, not football games and baseball”

— Tillie Cole

We may have been born on third base, but we worked like we were starting from home plate. You know: batter up.

— Tyler Winklevoss

Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to…

— Leo Durocher

I wanted to be a baseball player, but I became fascinated with wrestling as a teenager.

— Mick Foley

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every…

— Mickey Mantle

Anyone who says that softball is a boring game to watch isn't looking at the right things.

— Yvonne Zipter

The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

— Jerry Coleman