Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 18)

The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.

Dutch-born American baseball pitcher

Haven't they suffered enough?

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

The only way I'm going to get a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.

professional baseball player

At all those banquets, stars get up and give credit to their coaches and parents; I give credit to no one; I made myself what I am today.

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

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

One night we play like King Kong, the next night like Fay Wray.

American baseball player & manager

It was fun until a kid came up to me and said, “My dad says you're getting old, you're going to die, and your autograph will be valuable.

American baseball player

Career highlights?… I had two; I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

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

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

Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

Being an umpire is like being a king… it prepares you for nothing.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

They wanted me to play third like Brooks (Robinson) so I did play like Brooks — Mel Brooks.

baseball player

The Rangers dropped out of the lead June 16 with a loss that will be forever remembered as the forgettable debut of lefthander Matt Perisho.

sports reporter

An hour after the game, you want to go out and play them again.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three-thousand dollars; that bothered my dad at the time because he didn’t have that kind of dough… but he eventually scraped it up.

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

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

Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!

professional baseball player

Running a ball club is like raising kids who fall out of trees.

American baseball manager

Bauer taught me how to dress, how to talk — and how to drink.

(1931 – 1995) American baseball player

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

(1918 – ) American baseball pitcher

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

professional baseball player & manager