Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 10)

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

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

I would order a dozen bats and there were times they’d come back with handles at each end.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

Now there’s three things you can do in a baseball game; you can win or you can lose or it can rain.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I have an amazing ability to forget.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

You don't hit with your face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb… uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Any umpire who lasts five years in the minor leagues deserves to be immortalized; any umpire who lasts ten or more years in the minors deserves to be institutionalized.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.

American baseball manager

The way to make coaches think you’re in shape in the spring is to get a tan.

American baseball player

Tito Fuentes is safe at second with a triple.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Reggie Jackson wouldn’t get into the batter’s box until he knew we were back from commercial; of course, [Bob] Uecker wanted to hit during the commercial.

sports announcer

Oh, hell, if you win twenty games they want you to do it every year.

professional baseball player

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I’ve never seen a guy on the DL [Disabled List] with pulled fat.

professional baseball player

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game; if that isn’t enough, in the second half, you have to give what’s left.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You can't expect Mr. Ed to keep up with Secretariat.

baseball player

As I remember it, the bases were loaded.

professional baseball player

Claudell Washington plays the outfield like he's trying to catch grenades.

professional baseball player

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contract; I’ll win a pennant every year.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager