Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 22)

Baseball is dull only to those with dull minds.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, we all know that, how long a dozen bats would last me?… depending on the weight and the model that I was using at that particular time I would say eight to ten cookouts.

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

When Neil Armstong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object; I knew immediately what it was… that was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

 I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4½ minutes – when they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates) in the morning and everybody is looking at the sports page to see if Hulk Hogan won.

baseball player

When I am right, no one remembers. When I am wrong, no one forgets.

American baseball umpire

Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner is a first-and-ten capitalist in a bunt-and-run world.

American sportswriter

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The Champagne they have stored is getting more valuable every year.

(1925 – 2005) television host

I went to church the other day to pray for our pitchers… but there wasn't enough candles.

baseball manager

I never tried to outsmart nobody; it was easier to outdummy them.

professional baseball player

Some quiet guys are inwardly outgoing.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

professional baseball player

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I'd have a better chance of catching flies with chopsticks.

baseball player

Third [base] ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager