Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 18)

Don’t park in the spaces marked, “Reserved for Umpires.”

professional baseball pitcher

I believe in rules… sure I do; if there weren’t any rules, how could you break them?

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

It’s never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn’t.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

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

Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and the other foot in a bucket of ice; according to the percentage people, you should be about perfectly comfortable.

baseball manager

All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, ‘See, there’s a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.’

American baseball player

Being traded is like celebrating your hundredth birthday… it might not be the happiest occasion in the world, but consider the alternative.

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

He can make the ball look so small that you're not even sure why there's a practical reason for being up there.

professional baseball player

The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.

(1922 – ) American baseball player & manager

Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If the NBA were on channel five and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel four, I’d watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy.

college basketball coach

It actually giggles at you as it goes by.

baseball player

Andujar Cedeno to lead it off; he swings… and he is hit by a pitch… and it is hit over the wall and out of here for a home run.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

I’d like to help you, but you don’t drink.

professional baseball player & manager

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Nutrition makes me puke.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder