Baseball Quotes · Page 122

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

— Harmon Killebrew

I play baseball. I don't deal with trades, free agency, any of that stuff.

— Anthony Rendon

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

— Ernie Harwell

Everything I learned about the game of baseball, I learned from my dad.

— Roberto Alomar

Being a major-league baseball player is tough, so whenever you say 'face of the franchise,' I'm not trying to be that.

— Billy Butler

I care about runs scored and RBIs. Those are the most important things for me.

— Mookie Betts

The Cards lead the Dodgers 4-2 after one inning and that one hasn't even started.

— Jerry Coleman

That's how baseball works. You put some good swings on the ball and it goes out of there.

— Cody Bellinger

Guys that are striking out 200 times, like Joey Gallo - in 1990 he would have hit 75 home runs every year…

— Trevor Bauer

I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can…

— Marcus Giles

There's no way I can play for the Yankees, but I know they're going to come after me hard. It's definitely not…

— Johnny Damon

Baseball is a game dominated by vital ghosts; it's a fraternity, like no other we have of the active and the no…

— Richard Gilman

I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh…

— John Kruk

I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding…

— Mickey Mantle

Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got…

— Pete Rose

It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from…

— W. P. Kinsella

In days of yore, Opening Day of the baseball season was special, signifying that spring had come at last. Today, however, Opening…

— Frank Deford

“Years later he would say that when he'd decided to become a professional baseball player, it was the only time he'd done…

— Michael Lewis

I want to be a starter again, I would really enjoy playing for the Phillies again, but my first consideration in making…

— Chan Ho Park

“Well, did anything interesting happen today?' [my father] would begin. And even before the daily question was completed I had eagerly launched…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Pitching, if you have a bad start, a lot of the blame is put on you and then you have to sit…

— Stephen Gostkowski

I went to college to be a jock and to play on the baseball team. And then, I got cut and realized…

— Charlie Day

Baseball has been the greatest things in my life, but the cameras and the media surrounding baseball have not been fun. It's…

— Ichiro Suzuki

I think Barry Bonds was in a unique situation given his injuries from a year ago, the fact that he played in…

— Buck Martinez

Is my strike zone bigger than others? Yeah. It might be bigger than others, but I don't have a problem with it.

— Kurt Busch

Any time first time out, you just want to make sure you can get hitters out again.

— Clayton Kershaw

“I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.”

— Leo Durocher

In football the object is to march into enemy territory and cross his goal. In baseball the object is to go home.

— George Carlin

[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents.

— Margaret Mitchell

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name.

— Yogi Berra

[Red Sox and Blue Jays] formula's been they have such durability in the bullpen.

— Joe Maddon

The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.

— Larry MacPhail

I'm always expected to hit a home run; but, sometimes you can win the game with a bunt.

— Jeff Arnold

I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball.

— Pete Rose

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

— Ty Cobb

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.

— Ken Harrelson

Aw, how could he Jorge Orta lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico.

— Harry Caray

Baseball in Boston is like a Sunday football game, but played every day.

— Manny Ramirez

You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it.

— Jerry Coleman

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

— Joe Torre