I got kind of spoiled when I was young coming up in the big leagues and made the postseason. — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
Just kind of finding it, that's what Spring Training is for, to work on stuff and get ready. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
For me, I take a lot of pride in that, and we take a lot of pride in that, being able to… — Trea Turner Copy Share Image
I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
There's nothing like Opening Day in Dodger Stadium. You can't really describe it. — Matt Kemp Copy Share Image
READ! Books can be as delicious as hot-fudge sundaes, as funny as clowns, as exciting as a baseball game that's tied in… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
I feel that music is such an inspirational form of energy, as baseball is. And especially with Metallica, believe it or not,… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to throw six or seven pitches just to be able to strike you out. I'm trying to do it… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Gold Gloves are nice to have people mention. They're basically saying you're a pretty good defensive player along with everything else. But… — Mike Schmidt Copy Share Image
You have so many at-bats, and obviously if you go three out of 10, you're doing well for the season, so you… — Billy Butler Copy Share Image
The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
I know my Dad's a National League guy. I'm an American League guy. I tell him all the time we got better… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are… — Bud Selig Copy Share Image
All play aspires to the condition of paradise...through play in all its forms...we hope to achieve a state that our larger Greco-Roman,… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I… — Bert Blyleven Copy Share Image
(Barry) Bonds' records must remain part of baseball's history. His hits happened. Erase them and there will be discrepancies in baseball's bookkeeping… — George Will Copy Share Image
The only thing I do to my bat is put some tape around the handle to build it up a little bit… — Tony Gwynn Copy Share Image
You grow up dreaming about playing in the World Series since you're a little kid. I remember the days in the back… — Alex Bregman Copy Share Image
It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang is born of baseball players. That is, it… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
If I'm shifted two steps toward third base and the ball goes up the middle, people say I have no range to… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
One pitch can be the difference between a win and a loss, an error could be the difference. — Lisa Fernandez Copy Share Image
The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
Baseball is the most intellectual game because most of the action goes on in your head. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
You just go out there and swing at good pitches and see what happens and hope for the win at the end… — Carlos Correa Copy Share Image
No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years. — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues. — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
In the World Series, when a pitcher's not doing his job, they put another one in that can. — Jimmie Johnson Copy Share Image
For me, it's just a blessing. It just comes to me. I never tried to hit a homer, or anything like that. — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
I think the bullpen is always a possibility for anyone, but that's not where I plan on being. — Matt Cain Copy Share Image
A manager's job in baseball, more than any other sport, is managing people. — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
