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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right-field line.


You have only two hemispheres in your brain – a left and a right side. The left side controls the right side of your body and the right controls the left half. It's a fact. Therefore, left-handers are the only people in their right minds.

American baseball pitcher

The way he’s swinging the bat, he won’t get a hit until the 20th century.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

For the Washington Senators, the worst time of the year is the baseball season.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.

American baseball manager

Third base is certainly a reactionary position.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter.

(1885 – 1933) columnist & writer

Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.

American baseball player & manager

I never knew anybody who said they liked doubleheaders except Ernie Banks, and I think he was lying.

professional baseball player & manager

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

professional baseball pitcher

Nobody knows this [yet], but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

An almost inexorable baseball law: A Red Sox ship with a single leak will always find a way to sink; no team is worshipped with such a perverse sense of fatality.

American sportswriter

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

No, I had 999 times to get ready for it.

American baseball player

If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

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