Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman. — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. — Steve Hovley Copy Share Image
NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
Why do people sing Take Me Out to The Ballgame when they're already there? — Alex Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a… — Philip K. Wrigley Copy Share Image
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. — Joe Schultz Copy Share Image
If God wanted football played in the spring, he would not have invented baseball. — Sam Rutigliano Copy Share Image
Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball." — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. — Red Smith Copy Share Image
Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work. — Charlie Gehringer Copy Share Image
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell… — Leo Durocher Copy Share Image
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times.… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay… — Bill Lee Copy Share Image
Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy. — Warren Spahn Copy Share Image
The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller. — Curt Flood Copy Share Image
Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football,… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. The ball just doesn't get there as fast. — Eddie Bane Copy Share Image
I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball. — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads. — Yogi Berra Copy Share Image
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove. — Vance Law Copy Share Image
A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was,… — Lefty Gomez Copy Share Image
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. — Toby Harrah Copy Share Image
A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed into two-and-one-half hours. — Ray Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate. — Duke Snider Copy Share Image
A man once told me to walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded. — Ken Singleton Copy Share Image
I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all those handshakes. — Phil Rizzuto Copy Share Image
