“I am a die-hard Red Sox fan, and yes, I dated a Yankee fan. I know I should be kicked out of… — Monica Alexander Copy Share Image
I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the… — James Spader Copy Share Image
People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at… — Andrew Zimbalist Copy Share Image
It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
In a tradition second in wonderful absurdity only to 60-year-old baseball managers wearing uniforms and spikes in the dugout, golf spectators come… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
We have a lot of freedom to express ourselves. When you see us playing on the field, I guess you can make… — Rohit Sharma Copy Share Image
“Since 2008, batters have hit only .175 against pitches thrown at 100 m.p.h. or above. Batting averages go up as the speed… — Barry Bearak Copy Share Image
You never go into a season thinking you're going to strike out 200 guys or that you would have the most double-digit… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
Typically, it takes young players years to adjust to life in the big leagues and to start performing up to their capabilities.… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I remember one spring when I was doing the team's telecasts, Bob Allison was with me, and we were walking through the… — Harmon Killebrew 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
“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
Dad played with me a great deal, as dads should do, and our chief sport was baseball. He bought me a hardball… — Mordecai Brown Copy Share Image
There's always, I guess, a philosophy that if you come in, you want to change all the parts, you want to change… — Pat Gillick Copy Share Image
It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be… — Alvin Dark Copy Share Image
One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and… — Bob Lutz Copy Share Image
There are different angles you have to work with as a hitter. Figuring out with my body what helps me get into… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've… — Graig Nettles Copy Share Image
I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft… — Bo Jackson Copy Share Image
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
“Baseball. If there's a more beautiful word in the English language. I have yet to hear it…baseball has served as such a… — Tim Russert Copy Share Image
On the appearance of Clayton Moore at a Blue Jays home game - It's not very often you get to see the… — Bobby Bragan Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, this is baseball. Everybody knows this game, how it can go well for a long time,… — Fernando Tatis Jr Copy Share Image
I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because… — Lou Piniella Copy Share Image
I still see myself as a shortstop since I've been playing the position for so long, but I moved over there to… — Marcus Semien Copy Share Image
Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to… — Bill Klem Copy Share Image
It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as… — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
I've been a baseball fan in the early part of my life, so through the '70s and the '80s, I was a… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
It was like a heavyweight fight, man. Just blow for blow, everybody playing their heart out. The Indians never gave up either,… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image
The Red Sox are a religion. Every year we re-enact the agony and the temptation in the Garden. Baseball child's play? Hell,… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
You take wins where you can get them because they're not easy to come by. You win at the major-league level, and… — Jake Peavy Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to strike them out, but there are certain situations, when it's an 0-2 count or a 1-2 count, when… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
You decide you'll wait for your pitch. As the ball starts toward the plate, you think about your stance. And then you… — Bobby Murcer Copy Share Image
I really believe that what happens one day affects the next, and I think that came from that experience of learning that… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So… — Kid Nichols Copy Share Image
“The future is as far from perfect and as full of errors as this baseball game, but at this moment, it's all… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
You will fall many times in life, but you will pick yourself up and become stronger and wiser for each trouble you… — Leon Brown Copy Share Image
If U.S. Grant had been leading a team of baseball players, they'd have second guessed him all the way to the doorknob… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
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