Ballparks Quotes
40 quotes by 34 authors
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These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.
— Jimmy Buffett
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I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark.…
— Mark McGwire
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The ballparks have gotten too crowded. That's why nobody goes to see the game anymore.
— Yogi Berra
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I was in the show for 21 days once-the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show,…
— Kevin Costner
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All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans…
— Mickey Mantle
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Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years…
— Roger Maris
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As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part of all. I…
— Al Kaline
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I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed a note informing…
— Herbert Hoover
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You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life. Players may laugh…
— Bob Feller
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There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the…
— Rod Carew
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Everything with me is normal except when I pitch (in Fenway Park). When I pitch here it's a little different. There is a little more…
— Tom Glavine
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The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.
— Bill Veeck
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I'm helplessly and permanently a Red Sox fan. It was like first love...You never forget. It's special. It's the first time I saw a ballpark.…
— Simon Schama
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I believe in the Rip Van Winkle theory—that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk…
— Bowie Kuhn
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One thing about ground balls: they don't go out of the ballpark.
— Tim McCarver
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Money has to be put in the way a club feels it should. If you put money in a new ballpark, that helps to generate…
— Bud Selig
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I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I…
— Gene Mauch
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Why did I get married in a ballpark? My wife wanted a big diamond
— Mookie Wilson
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Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a…
— John Thorn
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Team speed for Christ's sake. You got bleeping' bleep bleep little fleas on the bleeping' bases getting picked off, trying to steal, getting thrown out,…
— Earl Weaver
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