Baseball Quote by Whitey Herzog Download Open image “Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.” — Whitey Herzog ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Baseball Famous baseball I quit Play Quitting Trying
Baseball has been very good to me, but baseball has evolved into a hybrid of work and passion. — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much. — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
I've had a good time here in baseball. I love baseball. That's why I'm still around. — Red Schoendienst Copy Share Image
Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on. — Matt Harvey Copy Share Image
I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
You sweat out the free agent thing in November, then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left… — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs. — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else. — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
One time in spring training, we had the hit-and-run on, and Carl Erskine threw me a curve and I struck out into a double… — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes. — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979). — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed. — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
We need three kinds of pitching: left-handed, right-handed and relief. — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing… — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog. — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You… — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to… — Gaylord Perry Copy Share Image
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs. — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be… — Pee Wee Reese 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
Pitchers pitch differently. Hitters, hardly anyone has the same stance. That's just how it is. — Ryan Zimmerman 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 don't want the electronic strike zone. I like the element of sometimes pitches don't get called. Guys don't receive it well or whatever… — Kyle Schwarber 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
If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH to the National League. — George Brett Copy Share Image
In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just… — Vin Scully 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
When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
![“One time in spring training, we had the hit-and-run on, and Carl Erskine threw me a curve and I struck out into a double play. I came back to the bench and Casey [Stengel] said, 'next time, tra-la-la.' I didn't know what tra-la-la meant, but next time up, I hit a line drive, right into a double…” quote by Whitey Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/98d/whitey-herzog-28696_benches_one-time-in-spring-training-we-had-the-h_818599.jpg)
