Bags Quote by Ty Cobb

Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?

— Pete Rose

When you get on base, holes open up and things happen and you're able to find a way to score runs.

— Nick Johnson

I think running the bases is a controlled run, because you have to time your steps to hit each bag. In the outfield, the…

— Chipper Jones

“Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered “hit by pitch,” and would be eligible to advance…

— Randall Munroe

It doesn't matter how fast or how far you're going. If you're putting on your shoes and going out for a run, you are…

— Kara Goucher

I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind…

— Goose Gossage

It is a simple fact that you can't steal second base if your foot is firmly planted on first.

— Irene Rosenfeld

I played baseball a little bit and ran some track. I was a catcher at one point and I was at shortstop.

— Anthony Johnson

You can't get to second base keeping one foot on first.

— Hannah Whitall Smith

In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got…

— Ken Harrelson

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt…

— Mickey Mantle

Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when…

— George Steinbrenner