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I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

That home run ties it up, 1-0.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He has a strike zone the size of Hitler’s heart.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.

(1881 – 1965) American Major League Baseball executive

We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

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

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

Hating the Yankees isn’t part of my “act,” it is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

A sense of humor and a good bullpen.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base; that relay might get away and you’ve got another shot at him.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I went through life as "a player to be named later.”

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

Third base is certainly a reactionary position.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1918 – ) American baseball pitcher

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

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

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

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

There’s someone warming up in the bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

(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

Play him, fine him, and play him again.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

One time, I got pulled over at four a.m.; I was fined seventy-five dollars for being intoxicated and four-hundred for being with the Phillies.

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