Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 13)

One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

For the Washington Senators, the worst time of the year is the baseball season.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer

You've got to swing that bat; only the mailman walks.

American baseball player

Walk him and face the next guy.

American baseball player

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

For those of us who are baseball fans and agnostics, the [Baseball] Hall of Fame is as close to a religious experience as we may ever get.

American author

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

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Rookie Wilson was candidate for Mookie of the Year.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

It ain’t over ’til it’s over.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit.

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

That was Benes’ fifth strikeout on the day; he came in with 94, so now he has 104 strikeouts on the year.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Most ball games are lost, not won.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

Baseball players are smarter than [American] football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the pitch?

American baseball pitcher

Relax, all right? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls. It’s more democratic.

(1955 – ) American actor, musician, producer & director

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals and three-run homers.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

When I asked the baseball writers why they haven't elected me to the Hall of Fame, they told me they thought I was still playing.

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

I don't speak Chinese, but I figure if I try, I've got to be saying something.

(1962 – ) Canadian-American actor, comedian, author & radio personality