Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. — Red Smith Copy Share Image
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
When you go to home plate with a lot of confidence, you feel that you can hit any pitch. — Adrian Beltre Copy Share Image
We may have been born on third base, but we worked like we were starting from home plate. You know: batter up. — Tyler Winklevoss Copy Share Image
I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements. — Bill Klem Copy Share Image
When I went to home plate in a game-tied situation or with a chance to do something and help the ballclub win… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
“Zik spits into the dirt in from of home plate, his own little ritual. He digs in and grits his teeth, snarling… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way.… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
“Whether you are at play in the fields of the Lord or standing next to home plate squinting at the popping pitcher,… — Laurie Nadel Copy Share Image
Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
The Metrodome was built for football. Fans seated down the third-base line at a baseball game faced centerfield, so that they had… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
As we all know, Cooperstown is the home of baseball. One of the many duties of the home plate umpire is to… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
[A]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
Sometimes you go to home plate, and you have an idea, like a clear idea, of what they're going to throw to… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
“Home run! My boyfriend had hit a home run! I jumped around, pointing at the number on my jersey, hugging Bird, hugging… — Rachel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The press box at Wrigley Field in Chicago is an extended narrow shed, two rows deep, that is precariously bolted to the… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
“I was good. I was at home with baseball. But I set my routines, and I need them. I can't ... I… — C.D. Reiss Copy Share Image
“If there was magic in this world, it happened within sight of the three bases and home plate. All the gems in… — Tee Morris Copy Share Image
I always say that I think my job is behind home plate, call a good game, play some good defense, and also,… — Carlos Ruiz Copy Share Image
It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off… — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side. — Warren Spahn Copy Share Image
If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing. — Miguel Cabrera Copy Share Image
If one is looking for cultural testosterone and raging off-the-wall competition in the world of communications, Manhattan was - and is -… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
Certain guys, they can see a guy do a certain thing with their glove and know what pitch is coming. I couldn't… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
I don't think too much about mechanics. I just like to go up there and swing. It's more than my swing, though.… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
I always tried to watch the pitcher and his complete windup from the moment he had the ball in his glove all… — Harmon Killebrew Copy Share Image
“Then I thought about my boyhood dreams. Instead of bat in hand at home plate, I had what I now know is… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
In New York, I have a photo of my parents on their wedding day in 1947. They're beaming at home plate in… — Keith Hernandez Copy Share Image
“So when life throws a curve ball, do your best to hit it and run to first base. If it tries to… — Daria White Copy Share Image
“...that's what a book should do. It should tie you up, it should work you up, make you think, make you see,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set… — Jimmy Piersall Copy Share Image
“[Daughter], I want to release you. IF you hate me or want to reject me, I understand. If you curse me, then… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“ 5. Unfair to Animals 6. Unfair to Muledom THE HALF-PENNANT PORCH Finley was obsessed with the Yankees and attributed their success to the short… — Josh Ostergaard Copy Share Image
![“[A]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened to the game of baseball. Crack! we hit the ball, and away we go. If we earn a run (in life we call it success) we get back to the home plate and sit upon a bench. If we are…” quote by O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ecc/o-henry-3281_away-we-go_a-ll-of-life-as-we-know-it-moves-in-litt_1632879.jpg)
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