Baseball Quotes

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To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. — Steve Hovley
Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker. — Walter Johnson
There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work. — Charley Lau
It actually giggles at you as it goes by. — Rick Monday
Get out the rye bread and mustard grandma, cause it's GRAND SALAMI TIME! — Dave Niehaus
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. — Joe Schultz
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu,… — Ron Shelton
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. — Red Smith
Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a sport. — Philip K. Wrigley
Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching. — Tris Speaker
(Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge for a third… — Ira Berkow
Baseball is beautiful....the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity. — Bowie Kuhn
Baseball is what we were, football is what we have become. — Mary McGrory
Baseball would be a better game if more third basemen got hit in the mouth by line drivers. — Dan Jenkins
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the… — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
I have never willingly chased a ball. — Robert Morley
If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
One year I hit .291 and had to take a salary cut. If you hit .291 today, you'd own the franchise. — Enos Slaughter
The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
The more we lose, the more he'll fly in. And the more he flies in, the better the chance there'll be a plane crash. — Graig Nettles

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