Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 11)

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

Allen S. Sothoron pitched his initials off yesterday.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

That’s one you can tell your grandchildren about – tomorrow.

American baseball player

Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.

American baseball player & manager

I've got a tip on the market for you fellows, buy Pennsylvania Railroad – because by tomorrow night about a dozen of you bums will be riding on it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Say Satch, tell me, was Abraham Lincoln a crouch hitter?

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

A lot of the people who make these suggestions would have a hard time filling out the application forms to work at 7-Eleven.

baseball player

We have deep depth.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I don’t know what that is.

professional baseball player

I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The highlight of my career?… in '67 with St. Louis, I walked with the bases loaded to drive in the winning run in an inter-squad game in spring training.

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

Orel Hershiser is the only Major League pitcher to have two consecutive pronouns in his surname.

American essayist

When Lew was a twenty game winner for the Milwaukee Braves, people needed three columns for his pitching record: won, lost and relative humidity.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

If you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Baseball is like church…. many attend, few understand.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager