There were so many things in Baltimore not many people know about. I had struggles with my pitching coach. A lot of… — Jake Arrieta Copy Share Image
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to… — Earl Weaver Copy Share Image
Through SCP Auctions, the Garvey family will also continue to share our great love for baseball by donating time and dollars to… — Steve Garvey Copy Share Image
“I realized how truly inexperienced and foolish I really was, a small-town girl attempting to play in the major leagues with a… — C.L. Parker Copy Share Image
My objective with men at 2nd and 3rd is to get one quality pitch to drive them in. If it's not available,… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
If I'm on base a guy might get a little bit more fastballs. Or if someone else is on base everyone knows… — Tommy Pham Copy Share Image
Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in… — Michael Wilbon Copy Share Image
“A good catcher is, shall we say, a dime a dozen, but a great catcher is worth her weight in gold. A… — Jim Bain Copy Share Image
How can we all be better? We can be better by constantly evolving and not saying, Because baseball has always had men,… — Jessica Mendoza Copy Share Image
After fifteen years of facing them (pitchers) you don't really get over them. They're devious. They're the only players in the game… — Richie Ashburn Copy Share Image
Being in New York for 10 days during the World Series and appearing on a bunch of shows, I felt like it… — Jessica Mendoza Copy Share Image
My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and,… — Jim Abbott Copy Share Image
“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
The pitch would normally be low, but my ball starts carrying and stays on a sustained plane. Everyone always complains - 'that… — Roy Oswalt Copy Share Image
All you have to do is pick up a baseball. It begs to you: throw me. If you took a year to… — Dave Dravecky Copy Share Image
That's just baseball. One day you feel like you can't square anything up and the next day you get a couple that… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
My God, it was like the Emerald City, and as you got closer you'd pick up your pace, and you'd give your… — Joe Flaherty Copy Share Image
In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and… — Adam Dunn Copy Share Image
I never really expected to hit cleanup. And I never envisioned myself hitting 20 home runs in the big leagues. When I… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
I couldn't believe I hit .342. I hit .333 one month in Triple-A. Otherwise, I hit .279 in the minor leagues. I'm proud of myself. — Robinson Cano Copy Share Image
The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach . — Ian Kinsler Copy Share Image
I broke my wrist at summer camp playing a game called 'volleybat,' which was baseball but with a volleyball. It is as… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and… — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
Who knows how many times I'm going to get to go to the World Series? I know more than anybody how hard… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners… — Bill James Copy Share Image
If you are a reliever, you get one inning per game or if you are a starter you get one game per… — Stephen Gostkowski Copy Share Image
I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
Through the mid-80s I watched my team struggle, but in 1988 the A's made it to the Series. I was at Game… — Ryan Fleck Copy Share Image
Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
“Ideally, the umpire should combine the integrity of a Supreme Court judge, the physical agility of an acrobat, the endurance of Job… — Time Magazine Copy Share Image
I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball.… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
Baseball, like Pericles' Athens (or any other good society), is simultaneously democratic and aristrocratic. Anyone can enjoy it, but the more you… — George Will Copy Share Image
Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball, that's all I throw him (Rod Carew), and he still hits them. He's the only player in baseball who… — Gaylord Perry Copy Share Image
I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked… — Lonzo Ball Copy Share Image
I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
You always want to play the game the right way, especially with the big names that have come before us. You want… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. I've never seen… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game where you are always waiting, and then when something happens it's like turning a kaleidoscope when you were… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
