Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 19)

He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you.

American baseball player

The only thing Earl [Weaver] knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

American baseball pitcher

Some people have a chip on their shoulder; Billy has a whole lumberyard.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

When I broke in, they didn’t have bats – we just grabbed the branch of a tree.

American baseball pitcher

If the Cincinnati Reds were the first major league baseball team… who did they play?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

We need just two players to be a contender – just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Owner of the A's, Charlie Finley: I noticed when you went out to the mound, you had grass stains on the seat of your pants. That's not a good example to set for your players.

Bauer calmly replied: Those weren't grass stains, Charlie… that was mistletoe.

(1922 – 2007) American baseball player & manager

He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Kid, don't be messing around with my money.

(1922 – 2007) American baseball player & manager

A stadium with the lights out.

American baseball pitcher

I occasionally get birthday cards from fans, but it's often the same message… they hope it's my last.

American baseball umpire

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

professional baseball player & manager

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Problem with [John] Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

When I was a kid, I wanted to play baseball and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've been able to do both.

American baseball player

When Charlie Finley had his heart operation it took eight hours…. seven just to find his heart.

professional baseball pitcher

Mike Caldwell, the Padres’ right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around the ball park that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year; they don’t realize that most of us only make $500,000.00.

professional baseball player

That was a maximization of a minimization of hits.

professional baseball player