Baseball Quotes · Page 91

After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.

— Joe DiMaggio

I thought the Little League fields were big. You look back now, and its obviously the smallest field you can play on.

— Cody Bellinger

I go from my room to the ballpark and play baseball. I try to keep it simple.

— Manny Machado

The guy who started on third base and gets home and acts like he hit a homer - that guy doesn't impress…

— John Calipari

The key to beating the Dodgers is to keep them form hugging each other too much.

— Graig Nettles

Even if I was tipping my pitches, I could have thrown pitches good enough to not be hit.

— Yu Darvish

The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.

— Johnny Bench

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

— Joe Garagiola

I'm a pitcher that pitches. I don't like sitting on the sidelines watching somebody else do my job for me. But it…

— Chris Sale

The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could…

— Eddie Vedder

I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get…

— Karen Robards

When you go to other parks, they hang banners for the wild-card or Eastern Division or Western Division champions. Around here, they…

— Chili Davis

I rarely think the market is right. I believe non dividend stocks aren't much more than baseball cards. They are worth what…

— Mark Cuban

I have to give Mays one edge, durability. Mickey isn't sound and Willie is. Otherwise, if I had a chance to trade…

— Gabe Paul

From pitch perspective, the more you wear your idea, the more it fits you and your comfortable with it, the easier it…

— Brad Feld

We don't live in isolation. Most people don't like working in isolation - some do, but they typically don't end up playing…

— Theo Epstein

There's just not a lot of inventory, and to find a shortstop or a catcher, or a centerfielder, that you think that…

— Kevin Towers

“Do you have a favorite team?” He smirked. Literally smirked. “There's only one New York team.” Alexa fought past the nausea and…

— Jennifer Probst

Some representatives of monopolistic capitalism, sensing this evil in their system, have tried to silence criticism by pointing to the diffused ownership…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“So I will wait, because I would rather wait for you than waste my time with someone who isn't you. And I…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I think there's a lot of trust in being selectively aggressive I guess. Looking for your pitch you can drive, but not…

— Alex Bregman

I told [reporters] that I sprinkled marijuana on my organic buckwheat pancakes, and then when I ran my five miles to the…

— Bill Lee

“Big Papi placed among the top five in Most Valuable Player balloting during his first five seasons with the Red Sox. His…

— Tucker Elliot

“Gary Bell is nicknamed Ding Dong. Of course. What’s interesting about it is that “Ding Dong” is what the guys holler when…

— Jim Bouton

I played American football, but I did my best work with baseball.

— Steve Miller

In baseball, you can't tell the players without a scorecard, but in political commentary, you need a metaphor.

— Florence King

You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.

— Dusty Baker

My father gave me a bat for Christmas. The first time I tried to play with it, it flew away.

— Rodney Dangerfield

Give me five players like Robinson and a pitcher and I'll beat any nine-man team in baseball.

— Chuck Dressen

I know what I'm capable of doing when I'm on the baseball field. And I can repeat it every single day.

— Fernando Tatis Jr

It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.

— Willie Stargell

I don't care much about my personal record. I just want to be able to pitch in the playoffs.

— CC Sabathia

I think that baseball is still the most entertaining game because it's the simplest to watch.

— Joe Garagiola

If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

— Jim Bouton

In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.

— Joe DiMaggio

There couldn't have been a better Hollywood ending for us. It's beyond baseball. It's rooting for your family.

— Jimmy Fallon

As long as I'm around playing baseball, it doesn't matter where I am, as long as it's not with the Yankees.

— Carl Everett

If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.

— Whitey Herzog

Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax

— Mike Royko

I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.

— Babe Ruth