I really didn't have a favorite Major League catcher in college, but I would watch a lot of games. If one was… — Buster Posey 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
I have fun. I always have fun. I don't really get in a hurry about anything. I just try to go with… — Adam Dunn Copy Share Image
“I cracked one over a row a trailers that bordered the outfield fence- hit it so hard that Ted Williams came running… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Racing is not football or baseball or basketball where you can do it yourself. If you're good in high school, you just… — Trevor Bayne Copy Share Image
Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and… — Tim McCarver Copy Share Image
I've made game-winners, I've missed game-winners. I've pitched shutouts, and I've given up 10 runs. You just deal with the experiences and… — Stephen Gostkowski Copy Share Image
“ 5. Unfair to Animals 6. Unfair to Muledom THE HALF-PENNANT PORCH Finley was obsessed with the Yankees and attributed their success to the short… — Josh Ostergaard Copy Share Image
The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
I'm legitimately having more fun doing music, but at the same time I worked my whole life for baseball. If I had… — Mike Stud Copy Share Image
You have to understand what they (pitchers) do. That's my job. You have to find a way to get them through the… — Jorge Posada Copy Share Image
[Judge and Jury] is outstanding. I have learned more about the history of baseball, true history, than from anything I have ever… — Ralph Kiner Copy Share Image
One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take… — Al Kaline Copy Share Image
It's better to throw a theoretically poorer pitch whole-heartedly, than to throw the so-called right pitch with feeling of doubt-doubt that's it's… — Sandy Koufax 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
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 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
If you're playing baseball, why are you playing baseball? Is it to have success on the field and be a Hall-of-Famer or… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
When the ball was last seen crossing the roof of the stand in deep right field at 315 feet, we wonder whether… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
People say baseball players should go out and have fun. No way. To me, baseball is pressure, I always feel it. This… — Dennis Eckersley Copy Share Image
Just spend a few more months playing video games. That hand-eye coordination will come in handy when you get to third base. — John Green Copy Share Image
Baseball is slovenly and excessive in midsummer, with its onrolling daily cascade of line scores and box scores, shifting statistics, highlights and… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
Baseball is more like a novel than a war. It is like an ongoing, hundred-year work of art, peopled with thousands of… — Luke Salisbury Copy Share Image
Obviously I wasn't playing well at the time. But as a player, you lie to yourself. You say, "There's nothing wrong. I'm… — Prince Fielder Copy Share Image
“I like that name, that game too, though utterly valueless, the animal in us just sufficiently domesticated, our venomous American aggressiveness confined… — Hayden Carruth Copy Share Image
Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to… — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
I've been able to do what I love and what I'm passionate about my entire life. I made, you know, an insane… — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
The Yankee: In acuteness and perseverance, he resembles the Scotch. In frugal neatness, he resembles the Dutch. But in truth, a Yankee… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
David Price gives the best high-fives in all of baseball. They sting the hands and deliver noteworthy affirmative vibes. — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and… — Yoenis Cespedes Copy Share Image
Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever… — Tris Speaker Copy Share Image
In baseball, there's certain things you can call someone: a fossil, graybeard, grandpa, dad, pops. But I got a chance to say… — Ken Griffey Jr Copy Share Image
The main thing you want to look at is, am I swinging at strikes and am I putting good swings on the… — Tommy Pham Copy Share Image
Is Coors Field a good park to hit in? Yeah. So are Wrigley Field and Camden Yards. I didn't design Coors Field-I… — Todd Helton Copy Share Image
As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value of… — Vernon Wells Copy Share Image
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the… — Zack Wheat Copy Share Image
![“[Judge and Jury] is outstanding. I have learned more about the history of baseball, true history, than from anything I have ever read or heard about. [It's] research and documentation clarifies so many of the personalities and events that took place before 'my time' in the game. Jacques Barzun's…” quote by Ralph Kiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/ralph-kiner-26820_america_judge-and-jury-is-outstanding-i-have-lea_2610966.jpg)
![“Obviously I wasn't playing well at the time. But as a player, you lie to yourself. You say, "There's nothing wrong. I'm just not on time [at the plate]." You make something else up because pain is not an option.” quote by Prince Fielder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/prince-fielder-13291_baseball_obviously-i-wasn-t-playing-well-at-the-t_2462064.png)
