Baseball Quote by Jeff Pearlman

I went through baseball as a player to be named later.

— Joe Garagiola

Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying…

— Waite Hoyt

When I was a kid, my nickname was Mr. Baseball. Because of the stitches.

— Emo Philips

Casey (Stengel) knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and…

— Sparky Anderson

One of the times I went to one of the Phillies games, that's when I met Sammy Sosa.

— Al Horford

One of my heroes growing up was Jackie Robinson. My mom, an ardent baseball fan from whom I got my love of the game,…

— Jared Polis

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

— Charlie Rose

A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr. - I…

— James Darren

A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

— Bruce Dickinson

I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who…

— Bill de Blasio

Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat.

— Effa Manley

I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up,…

— Ryne Sandberg