Baseball Quote by Frank Robinson Download Open image “Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.” — Frank Robinson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Baseball Grenade Horseshoes Sports
Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. — John Leonard Copy Share Image
Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it. — Red Barber Copy Share Image
You've got to try to close every inning out, take it one inning at a time, one batter at a time. — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
Baseball has a funny way to tap you on the shoulder when you least expect it and tells you it's the end. — Alex Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it. — Cal Hubbard Copy Share Image
Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike. — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when it comes… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
I don't see anyone playing in the major leagues today (1982) who combines both the talent and the intensity that I had. I always… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
Al Campanis made people finally understand what goes on behind closed doors - that there is racism in baseball. — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things -… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league. — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
I've never seen baseball advertise for a job, and I've never heard of whites applying for a job. I mean, there's an old boy… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
I expect that [trying to do the best] of my players today and of my kids. My wife says I shouldn't expect that of… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have that instant's… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy… — Harry Caray Copy Share Image
Though 'Moneyball' had the talents of screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin going for it, they weren't baseball insiders. — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God's Hall of Fame is the greatest achievement… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
You can't go up there trying to get hits. You can just go up there trying to put together at-bats and square the baseball… — Alex Bregman Copy Share Image
Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
There's a lot of stuff I want to do, just things that I want to explore that don't involve show business. I'm going to… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
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