Keyword: Hitting

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

That boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Gehringer goes two for five on Opening Day and stays that way all season.

American baseball pitcher

Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball; unfortunately, neither of them work.

professional baseball coach

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

When Neil Armstong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object; I knew immediately what it was… that was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

If a guy is a good fastball hitter, does that mean I should throw him a bad fastball?

professional baseball player

He's the only guy I know who can go 4 for 3.

American baseball player

Slump, I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys.

American baseball player

Slumps are like a soft bed; they're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

The only thing Earl [Weaver] knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

American baseball pitcher

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

So I'm ugly; I never saw anyone hit with his face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin.

American baseball manager

He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

I was the worst hitter ever; I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player

I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats; after all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager