Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 26)

You have really solidified the Mets' centerfield problem.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

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

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

American baseball umpire

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

They will pass the father-son tandem of Buddy Bell and Yogi Berra.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If ever an error had ‘F’ written on it, that grounder did.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

My father looked at the check and then told the scout, 'Throw in another hundred and you can take the rest of the family.'

baseball player

(He) simply lost that sun-blown popup.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If the roof fell in and Diz was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.

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

Most of his home runs were hit on artificial turf.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The first time I ever came into a game there [Yankee Stadium], I got in the bullpen car and they told me to lock the doors.

American baseball pitcher

Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!

professional baseball player

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Hell, if KY jelly went off the market, the whole California Angels pitching staff would be out of baseball.

American baseball pitcher

The highlight of my career?… in '67 with St. Louis, I walked with the bases loaded to drive in the winning run in an inter-squad game in spring training.

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

Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

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

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

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

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager