Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 28)

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.


(1918 – 2002) American baseball player

I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The last time I saw anything like this I was playing for Tastee Freeze in the Little League.

professional baseball pitcher

In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.

American baseball umpire

When you’re walking to the bank with that World Series check every November, you don’t want to leave. There were no Yankees saying, “play me or trade me.”

(1922 – 2007) American baseball player & manager

It’s got lots of installation.

professional baseball player

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Slump, I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

A lot of things run through your head when you’re going in to relieve in a tight spot… one of them was, “Should I spike myself?”

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not on theirs.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

You're wrong! I touched second base. I missed third… but I touched second.

American baseball player

His detractors faulted him for over managing and for giving more signs than the Coast Guard.

baseball writer

The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street – a lot of singles, but no action.

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

I sure hope you’re staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought your ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

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

I believe in rules… sure I do; if there weren’t any rules, how could you break them?

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

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

Fernando Valenzuela is the pitcher whose name sounds like a mailing address in the Lower Andes.

American sportswriter

Pudge is so old, they didn’t have history class when he went to school.

professional baseball player & broadcaster