Baseball Quotes · Page 68

The only thing worse than a Mets game is a Mets doubleheader.

— Casey Stengel

I umpired for 25 years and can honestly say I never called one wrong in my heart.

— Nestor Chylak

Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns - I think I heard that from a squirrel.

— Jerry Coleman

Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium.

— Derek Jeter

Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

I've had pretty good success with Stan (Musial) by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third.

— Carl Erskine

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.

— Hank Aaron

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

— Hank Aaron

Once I got to the big leagues, Dad saw every one of my 10,000 or so plate appearances. By the time I…

— Chipper Jones

But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming…

— John Thorn

I've just got to keep myself in the strike zone, try to look for a specific pitch. If they don't do that,…

— Juan Soto

You realize you're up here for a reason, and no matter who's in the batter's box, I feel like if I can…

— Patrick Corbin

I want to stay with the Orioles. I'd like to play here for the rest of my career. I don't want to…

— Brady Anderson

I remember showing up for the first day of kindergarten, Miss Springer's class, and the question was, 'What do you want to…

— Chris Sale

“There’s no crying in baseball and no love in Hell. It’s just the rules. You could say it’s against our religion, more…

— Lisa Desrochers

Having made a ton of mistakes early on in my life, I hope people can look at me now and say that…

— Chipper Jones

When I have more of a pitch-by-pitch mentality instead of an at-bat to an at-bat mentality, things can speed up on you…

— Max Fried

Because I was a chemistry student and was never supposed to be a musician, I always felt like I was an outsider…

— David Lang

I had Giants posters all over my room, along with a couple of A's posters. It was pretty much all Giants, but…

— Brandon Crawford

There may be times when it's a two-strike count and nobody is on base with two outs, so maybe you're still trying…

— Kyle Schwarber

By the time I got to high school, I didn't play anything but baseball because I was on a mission. I really…

— Jonny Diaz

I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha,…

— Ron Shelton

I don't really look at stats or whatever. You see them on the big screen. But other than that, I don't pay…

— Cody Bellinger

It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of…

— Jimmy Cannon

Like a lot of kids, you kind of think baseball's boring - that's the perception.

— Tony Gwynn

If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.

— Jamie Moyer

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

— Joe Torre

There are certain times when you see a guy, and you say, 'He's a big-leaguer.'

— Paul DePodesta

I knew I shouldn't have given @50cent pitching advice...sorry man

— Gary Dell'Abate

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

— Bill Veeck

Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?

— Jerry Coleman

Five runs with two outs is tough to take. It sure took the air out of our balloon.

— Mike Hargrove

Baseball is fathers and sons. Football is brothers beating each other up in the backyard.

— Donald Hall

When you have good baseball players, you have a chance to win. And when you don't, you don't.

— Joe Maddon

One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.

— Jed S. Rakoff

“There’s no crying in baseball,” Justin said. “And there’s no being grossed out in an apocalypse.”

— Lissa Bryan

The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.

— Michael Lewis

You will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy.

— Leon Brown

“Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don't even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving.”

— Jayleigh Cape

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

— Jerry Coleman