Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 5)

It couldn't have happened to a greater guy… well, yes, it could have happened to me.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

There are younger Aztec ruins.

sportswriter & newspaper columnist

I didn’t see [Christy] Mathewson, but Oquendo said he had a good slider.

American baseball player

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

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

Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

(1924 – 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

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I can see the sun okay, and that's 93 million miles away.

American baseball umpire

To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit.

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

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I've got a tip on the market for you fellows, buy Pennsylvania Railroad – because by tomorrow night about a dozen of you bums will be riding on it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He can make the ball look so small that you're not even sure why there's a practical reason for being up there.

professional baseball player

Football coaches walk across the field after the game and pretend to congratulate the opposing coach; baseball managers head right for the beer.

American sportswriter

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle – once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

Knuckleball: A curveball that doesn't give a damn.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

If you know how to cheat, start now

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

 If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

I never did say that you can’t be a nice guy and win; I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I’d trip her.

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

Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.

baseball player

If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.

baseball player

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

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