Baseball Quotes · Page 23

I definitely view myself as shortstop.

— Xander Bogaerts

When you think New York, you think Yankees.

— Jerry Buss

Yeah, nothing better than pitching at Yankee Stadium.

— Chris Sale

“The thing I write will be the thing I write.”

— Steve Shilstone

For me, baseball is everything.

— Robinson Cano

The big ballpark can do it all!

— Jerry Coleman

Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

— Reggie Jackson

All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

— Jerry Coleman

Everyone knows that basketball isn't really my thing, baseball is.

— Ronald Acuna Jr

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

— Joe Torre

My only day off is the day I pitch (in regards to how hard he works out during off-days).

— Roger Clemens

People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.

— Rickey Henderson

Someday the Chicago Cubs are going to be in the World Series

— Harry Caray

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

— Rogers Hornsby

The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.

— Earl Weaver

I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.

— Curt Schilling

That’s not me. I wouldn’t [take paternity leave.] Quite frankly, I would have said C-section before the season starts. I need to…

— Boomer Esiason

My grandma once told my mama, 'The kid's walking crazy around the cornfield, talking to himself.' I was calling ballgames.

— Keith Jackson

Getting to be in Chicago when the Cubs won the World Series was one of the most magical experiences I think I've…

— Miranda Rae Mayo

People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following -…

— Bill Veeck

I don't know that I've ever looked at baseball like a purely casual fan. That's just realistic when you grow up with…

— Joe Buck

My dad was a baseball coach, and then I switched to softball. Baseball was all I knew until I crossed over. It…

— Jessica Mendoza

The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my…

— Ted Williams

I'm sitting here with the Mets, and I get to throw out the first pitch. That's one of the coolest things in…

— Bill Goldberg

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

Being in New York for 10 days during the World Series and appearing on a bunch of shows, I felt like it…

— Jessica Mendoza

My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and,…

— Jim Abbott

“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon,…

— Tucker Elliot

All you have to do is pick up a baseball. It begs to you: throw me. If you took a year to…

— Dave Dravecky

The pitch would normally be low, but my ball starts carrying and stays on a sustained plane. Everyone always complains - 'that…

— Roy Oswalt

The best under-the-radar rivalry is Dodgers-Giants. I had no idea how deep that one was until I moved to California... that one…

— Bill Simmons

Cub fans, by consensus, are the best in baseball. Year after year, in good times and (mostly) bad, they turn out in…

— Roger Angell

I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.

— Matt Kemp

There's two heads to every coin.

— Jerry Coleman

That kid can hit balls over buildings.

— Casey Stengel

I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport.

— Tim Robbins

Look, do I like the Mets and the Yankees? Absolutely.

— Rex Ryan

I love talking about baserunning.

— Rickey Henderson

Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

— Earl Weaver

Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do?

— George Bernard Shaw