Baseball Quotes · Page 98

Cheating is baseball's oldest profession. No other game is so rich in skullduggery, so suited to it or so proud of it.

— Thomas Boswell

Drew is a player that comes along once every 20 years. Not even Barry Bonds can be compared to J.D. Drew.

— Scott Boras

It's an honor and a blessing to be part of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'

— Mookie Betts

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

— Ernie Harwell

It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps.

— John Arlott

There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.

— Tom Seaver

Grubb goes back, back... He's under the warning track and makes the play.

— Jerry Coleman

In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.

— James Naismith

I feel like everyone puts a lot of question on me, what I'm going to do offensively, but I'd like to affect…

— Trea Turner

When you have these big, strong power hitters who can hit the ball a country mile, and they're strong for a reason…

— Matt Harvey

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge…

— Ty Cobb

Lou Brock, along with Maury Wills, are probably the two players most responsible for the biggest change in the game over the…

— Tom Seaver

You sign a contract, and you abide by the contract. And sometimes my turn would come around on Sunday. Even though I…

— Vernon Law

I'll get in that habit of throwing the ball over the plate too much. You want to keep it going, get those…

— Matt Cain

There is no 'Bat Out of Hell III.' That should have never happened. To me, that record is nonexistent. It doesn't exist.

— Meat Loaf

I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and thought I'd…

— Bill Lee

We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

I cant think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you. It happened to…

— Nolan Ryan

On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am terribly saddened by the sudden passing of Kirby Puckett. He was a Hall of…

— Bud Selig

The bottom line is, there are great players in this game who deserve to earn what they're worth, what their value is.…

— Marcus Semien

Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it,…

— Hank Aaron

The adrenaline is pumping before or during a game - you're excited, you're anxious. But the biggest things are just having fun…

— Mike Trout

When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game,…

— Anonymous

Last year was the fourth or fifth attempt to get fall launched till 'American Idol' comes in January. To be honest, the…

— Mike Darnell

With what cracked pitchers go we to deep wells In this world!

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I might have to commute. You know, left field, DH, wherever.

— Mickey Rivers

“You can't hit it out of the park if you're not at the plate”

— Phillip Gary Smith

I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.

— Rickey Henderson

Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.

— Simon Sinek

Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game.

— Roberto Clemente

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

— Willie Stargell

I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

— Dusty Baker

I watched other boys play baseball and other games, but I was too sickly to join in the fun.

— Bruno Sammartino

I'd say that probably 95 per cent of batting is mental and decision-making.

— Steve Smith

When I was 13 I played baseball the whole summer. I never touched a pole vault pole.

— Armand Duplantis

I threw a good fastball and changeup, but a below-average curveball.

— Stephen Gostkowski

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life. Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

— George Carlin

Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field.

— Aaron Judge

Base runners in postseason games are kind of tough to deal with at times.

— Gerrit Cole

People in real life don't get ballplayers' humor, the way we talk in the clubhouse.

— Justin Verlander