Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at… — Curt Flood Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
“On the surface, there is something peculiar about turning a portion of one's happiness over to a collection of ballplayers, and perhaps… — Tom Swift Copy Share Image
We live baseball. That's the thing: We live this game. We're passionate about it. I feel like it's just in our blood… — Fernando Tatis Jr Copy Share Image
There were a small number of voices that said, 'Darvish only cares about strikeouts.' Although I may have had strikeouts in my… — Yu Darvish Copy Share Image
I've been very fortunate to play for four great organizations, but New York really takes the cake. Wearing the pinstripes is something… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
Ted Williams, an extraordinary hitter in his day, has said the swing starts in the hips, and Sosa arrived with one of… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Baseball is the religion that worships the obvious and gives thanks that things are exactly as they seem. Instead of celebrating mysteries,… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
Baseball is caring. Player and fan alike must care, or there is no game. If there's no game, there's no pennant race… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I don't believe in calling someone and having a big chat, because that puts a lot of added pressure on them. If… — MS Dhoni Copy Share Image
The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Why certainly I'd like to have that fellow who hits a home run every time at bat, who strikes out every opposing… — Danny Murtaugh Copy Share Image
Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I remember my parents would say, 'Baseball is what you do, but that's not who you are'… — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What… — Greg Maddux Copy Share Image
I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
If you got a hit every third time that you went up to bat in the major leagues, you'd be the greatest… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The hitter can never be the judge. Only the receiver of the blow can tell you how hard it was, whether it… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
Baseball is beautiful…the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity. — Bowie Kuhn Copy Share Image
Well, I think baseball should be fun, but there's always a line. There's a fine line with everything. Where's the line between… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
Rolen's the perfect baseball player. It's his tenacity, his preparation, the way he plays. He tries to do everything fundamentally sound. And… — Ned Yost Copy Share Image
I belong to an improv group, I play cello, I have these phases - fencing, tae kwon do, baseball, ice hockey, boogie… — Ty Simpkins Copy Share Image
It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see… — Alex Rodriguez Copy Share Image
If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit-and-run and turning two is more important than knowing where to… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
I got into a bad habit of dropping my elbow and pushing the ball to the plate instead of getting on top… — Matt Cain Copy Share Image
Baseball is so hard as it is. For me, if you simplify it, it takes a little bit of the weight off,… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
I don't have anything to prove at all. I've pitched in a lot of games. I've had far more good games than… — Brad Lidge Copy Share Image
It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has… — Tony Oliva Copy Share Image
When I'm not at work, I put deep conditioner in my hair and wear a baseball cap. I'll just roll around on… — Sarah Rafferty Copy Share Image
Every one of my guy friends I played baseball with were Backstreet Boys fans as well. So it's not something I felt… — Chris Lane Copy Share Image
I've never done any bat-speed training or anything like that. There are things that you work on during the offseason in the… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
“The naked pinch hitter takes only one thing to the plate: his raw, and somewhat irrational, confidence in himself. That this confidence… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
You just try your best, just try to do damage any way you can. It can be one at-bat, it can be… — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball.… — Patrick Soon-Shiong Copy Share Image
Baseball is a great example of the cultural ties between the United States and Cuba and a powerful reminder of the shared… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
The balls definitely carry a lot more. There should be some more home runs this year. Some of the guys on the… — Andrew Stevenson Copy Share Image
