Baseball Quotes · Page 81

I want to play every game of my career in an Astros uniform.

— Lance Berkman

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

— Sandy Koufax

That big guy, Winfield, at 6'6", can do things only a small man can do.

— Jerry Coleman

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run

— Barry Bonds

If you look at it long-term, I think eventually there will be a DH in the National League.

— Max Scherzer

The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.

— Derek Jeter

A bigger bat obviously has more solid wood, but you can handle a smaller bat better.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Umpires are supposed to be non-confrontational - they're supposed to uphold the peace on the baseball field.

— Dave Martinez

Hats have been my thing pretty much my whole life but finance has not. I would go to the corner store and…

— Ne-Yo

Although playing baseball is my biggest passion, the help my foundation has been able to provide people over the years makes me…

— Robinson Cano

Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics…

— George Vecsey

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you…

— Barry Bonds

Ball parks are smaller and baseballs are livelier. They've practically got pitchers wearing straitjackets. Bah! They still allow the knuckleball, and that…

— Ed Walsh

And Kansas City is at Chicago tonight, or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter as Kansas City leads in…

— Jerry Coleman

At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees…

— Johnny Damon

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open.…

— Dan Quisenberry

Major League Baseball has created a Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. And that's where he's always going to be.…

— Mike Schmidt

The no-hitter was the highlight of my career. The specialness of it, I didn't know how lasting it would be when it…

— Jim Abbott

Leaving wasn't a personal thing where I intentionally wanted to stick it to management or anyone. This is business. I felt I…

— Albert Belle

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going…

— Tony La Russa

“if gross miscalculations of a person’s value could occur on a baseball field, before a live audience of thirty thousand, and a…

— Michael Lewis

Use emotional awareness and pay attention to your body - look [and locate] concrete physical sensations - like stabbing, aching, throbbing -…

— Gary Zukav

There is really a je ne sais quoi about turkey cooking - the air of festivity, the family squabbles, the constant basting…

— Laurie Colwin

I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do,…

— Pedro Martinez

Sometimes you don't have your best stuff every day. You've just got to go out there and try to make pitches.

— Patrick Corbin

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie…

— Harry Reasoner

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

— Jack Adams

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.

— Dennis Quaid

The sky is so clear today you can see all the way to Missouri.

— Jerry Coleman

I don't know that we'll ever see a 3,000-strikeout guy again.

— John Smoltz

Baseball isn't a life-and-death matter, but the Red Sox are.

— Mike Barnicle

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.

— Duke Snider

Anytime you give up one run in Coors Field you expect to win a ball game. It just shows how well Myers…

— Garrett Atkins

I like to get in the minds of the pitchers because sometimes they get scared.

— Juan Soto

Open your heart to a baseball team and you're liable to get it broken.

— Jane Heller

My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

— Matthew Stafford

Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies,

— Sherrod Brown

Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should.

— Doug Harvey

I want to win a World Series. I've come in second, both in college and in the big leagues. I'm tired of…

— Trevor Bauer

Oh, honey, if he swung batter-batter for my team, I'd be all over that in a heartbeat.

— J. Lynn