The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
Seven is more than a lucky number or a famous baseball player's uniform. It's the brain's natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of… — Jacqueline Leo Copy Share Image
On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that… — Dusty Baker Copy Share Image
Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
If I wanted to be a professional baseball player at some point, I knew I would have to do the jump ASAP… — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the… — Claudio Reyna Copy Share Image
I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
“That's why he was here, to surrender himself to longing, to listen to his host recite the anecdotal texts, all the passed-down… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I hated baseball. I really didn't like baseball at all until someone decided they were going to pay me... Every year I… — John Kruk Copy Share Image
The baby woke up before you did. I took him to the other room to let you get a little more sleep.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“It’s one thing to win a game with a base hit, or to save a game by pitching a scoreless ninth ...… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game based on adversity. It's a game that's going to test you repeatedly. It's going to find your weaknesses… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
The great thing about baseball is the causality is easy to determine and it always falls on the shoulders of one person.… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
“Indoors, the evening gets you’d say festive, with Maxine riding Horst for the better part of an hour, not that it’s anybody’s… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, (the rumors) are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm… — Jason Giambi Copy Share Image
That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball,… — Jake Arrieta Copy Share Image
My favorite pitch to hit is the hanging curveball. Usually if you just put your swing on it and it's hanging up… — Kris Bryant Copy Share Image
I love both sports, but the deciding factor was, being a left-handed pitcher, I had a huge advantage in baseball because of… — Tom Glavine Copy Share Image
I thought I was better at basketball, but obviously people didn't think so. But I loved them equally, whether it be baseball… — Adam Thielen Copy Share Image
Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football… — Jascha Heifetz Copy Share Image
I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years...… — Sandy Koufax Copy Share Image
I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
I never want my bat to get away from my head. I want to feel it real close to my body. This… — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself, but for me, the… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
I witnessed an MVP firsthand in Jose Altuve. I asked him what he did during the offseason, and he said he trains… — Alex Bregman Copy Share Image
Baseball fans! Good lord! I feel like sports fans get mad at you easier than country music fans. It scares me. I'm… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
When I find the motherfucker who tortured an innocent cat to death just to send us a warning, I'm going to clobber… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Athletes are going to tease each other. Football players want to be baseball players. Baseball players want to be football players. Basketball… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
People I look to: again, Hank Aaron, man you challenged the status quo and the records of the game. Monumental feats in… — Dave Winfield Copy Share Image
“The statistics were not merely inadequate; they lied. And the lies they told led the people who ran major league baseball teams… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image
The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella's line about how, in order to be a major-league… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a… — Bobby Bonilla Copy Share Image
My dad was a basketball coach, and so I went to his games. But baseball was the sport I could enjoy with… — Stan Van Gundy Copy Share Image
Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
The spitter wasn't hard to hit when you knew a pitcher could throw it legally. But the guys to worry about were… — Luke Appling Copy Share Image
