Baseball Quotes · Page 85

It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport…

— Henry Chadwick

I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.

— Harold Ford, Jr

I love sports. If I could be a baseball player I would. I just am not good at it at all.

— Eric Hutchinson

I would love to say that I have an eighth-inning guy, a seventh-inning guy, a left-handed guy, a long guy.

— Brad Ausmus

I can maybe depend on my fastball a little more than some other pitchers.

— Aroldis Chapman

You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

— Darrell Johnson

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

— John Lee Hooker

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

— Ron Blomberg

“Love of Fenway itself may be as much a part of the Sox' 2.6 million annual attendance as Pedro (Martinez), Manny (Ramirez)…

— Michael Gee

Judged by the dollars spent, gambling is now more popular in America than baseball, the movies, and Disneyland-combined.

— Timothy L. O'Brien

Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued…

— Willie Mays

I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until…

— Justin Verlander

I wouldn't trade my life with anybody else. I played during the golden day of baseball, back when it was a game…

— Vernon Law

When you've learned to believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be. That's because you have the…

— Rod Carew

I'm not a big league manager or a big league player without Jackie Robinson. I'm very fortunate to know his family, and…

— Alex Cora

I think just because of my natural abilities I was good in all other sports. But when it came to baseball season,…

— Chipper Jones

“Though we often throw around the idea, there really is no sacred Church of Baseball-there are only the people who built it…

— Stacey May Fowles

Before, shortstops and second basemen were mostly defensive guys that made all the plays and didn't really hit that well. But now…

— Chase Utley

I had to come out on stage with my little staff and robe and I had this sun on top of my…

— Gonjasufi

I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't.…

— Jerry Springer

I grew up a big baseball fan. I thought I knew a lot about the game, but I didn't realise that all…

— Ryan Fleck

From the time I was 3, I wanted to be a major-league player. To accomplish that at 35, get my name on…

— Jim Morris

I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the…

— Aimee Mullins

I know better than anyone else that my time is near. I've had a good life, and you don't stop and complain…

— Joe Tinker

I always try to have some good at-bats. Home runs come once in a while; that's good.

— Carlos Ruiz

More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.

— Thomas Boswell

I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues.

— Aroldis Chapman

Was Ty Cobb psychotic throughout his playing career? The answer is yes.

— Al Stump

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

— Babe Ruth

“All the arguing in the world won't change the mind of the Umpire.”

— Pride of the Yankees

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is

— Reggie Jackson

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

— Bob Feller

Certain pitches you throw, they lay off them like they knew it was coming.

— Mark Buehrle

It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run.

— Hideki Matsui

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball.

— Drew Bledsoe

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

— Cy Young

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

— Leo Durocher

I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in…

— Pablo Sandoval

Even on home runs that I hit in the past, guys were like, 'Man, you need to slow down. You've got that…

— Curtis Granderson

To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.

— Dave Winfield