Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 24)

If you act like you know what you’re doing, you can do anything you want… except neurosurgery.

professional baseball player

A sense of humor and a good bullpen.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contract; I’ll win a pennant every year.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

I refuse to call a 47-year-old white-haired man ’Sparky.’

baseball umpire

There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.

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

The team has come along slow but fast.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.

American baseball pitcher

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ‘em.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball 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

We got a lot of guys not doing what their bubble-gum card says they can do.

professional baseball player & manager

You can't get rich sitting on the bench, but I'm giving it a try.

professional baseball player

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

American baseball pitcher

When I asked the baseball writers why they haven't elected me to the Hall of Fame, they told me they thought I was still playing.

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

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

Nutrition makes me puke.

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

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit.

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Overwhelming underdogs.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You feel guilty telling the batters to go out there and get a hit. They look at you funny, as is if to say, 'you try it.‘

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

It shows what you can accomplish if you stay up all night drinking whiskey all the time.

Restaurant owner

They expect an umpire to be perfect on opening day and to improve as the season goes on.

American baseball umpire