Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 20)

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

American baseball pitcher

The toughest call an umpire has to make is not the half-swing; the toughest call is throwing a guy out of the game after you blew the hell out of the play.

American baseball umpire

Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close a man has ever come to perfection.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

Is that the best game you ever pitched?

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay in nice hotels instead of barracks.

American baseball pitcher

As I remember it, the bases were loaded.

professional baseball player

Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

I told him I wasn’t tired; he told me, ‘No, but the outfielders sure are.’

professional baseball pitcher

I don’t think we’re the oldest battery, but we’re certainly the ugliest.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

American baseball pitcher

I’ve never seen a game like this; every game this year has been like this.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

There's a deep fly ball… Winfield goes back, back… his head hits the wall… it's rolling towards second base.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Baseball is a game which consists of tapping a ball with a piece of wood, then running like a lunatic.

If I knew he was gonna throw a no-hitter, I would have thrown one too.

professional baseball player

I think it’s a good idea; it keeps the parents off the streets.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Tommy John is so old, he uses Absorbine Senior.

(1952 – ) American sportscaster

You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

We've got a problem here. Luis Tiant wants to use the bathroom, and it says no foreign objects in the toilets.

American baseball player