Baseball Quotes

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I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right… — Roger Maris
My father gave me a bat for Christmas. The first time I tried to play with it, it flew away. — Rodney Dangerfield
Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out. — Joe Garagiola
Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade. — Leo Durocher
Someone once described the pitching of a no-hit game as like catching lighting in a bottle. — W. P. Kinsella
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. — Duke Snider
The Mets has come along slow, but fast! — Casey Stengel
To be an American and unable to play baseball is comparable to being a Polynesian and unable to swim. — John Cheever
Twenty years ago rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for IBM. — George Will
We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it. — John F. Kennedy
What makes a good man? — Yogi Berra
The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit. — Earl Weaver
The more pitches you see, the more dangerous you become. — Ken Harrelson
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example. — Joe DiMaggio
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day. — Willie Mays
Experience is something you get when you don't really want it. — Ken Harrelson
You got to be bad before you're good. — Ken Harrelson
I look back now and realize you have to learn the system. Not kiss ass, but you have to learn the system. — Ozzie Guillen
You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe. — Rickey Henderson
My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I… — Mickey Mantle

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