Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 2)

There is one word in baseball that says it all, and that word is, ‘You never know.’

professional baseball player

George 'Babe' Ruth and Old Jack Dempsey, both Sultans of Swat.
One hits where the other people are, the other where they're not.

Scottish snooker player

I sure hope you’re staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

All of the Mets' road wins against Los Angeles this year have been at Dodger Stadium.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

You won't find a single four-letter word in there… I don't go for that bullshit.

(1918 – ) American baseball pitcher

When Sandy Koufax retired.

American baseball player

I never tried to outsmart nobody; it was easier to outdummy them.

professional baseball player

The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go somewhere he's never been, and the owner says "You mean third base?"

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

A hot dog at the ballpark beats roast beef at the Ritz.

(1899 – 1957) film actor

I didn’t see [Christy] Mathewson, but Oquendo said he had a good slider.

American baseball player

Walk him and face the next guy.

American baseball player

Grubb goes back, back… he’s under the warning track and makes the play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When I broke in, they didn’t have bats – we just grabbed the branch of a tree.

American baseball pitcher

James 'Cool Papa' Bell was so fast, one time he hit a line drive right back past my ear. I turned round and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.

American baseball player

If ever an error had ‘F’ written on it, that grounder did.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

In the hunt to buy the San Francisco Giants was George Shinn, owner of the Charlotte Harlots.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The sun has been there for 500, 600 years.

American baseball player

When a fielder gets the pitcher in trouble, the pitcher has to pitch himself out of the slump he isn’t in.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle – once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer