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We had a very scientific system of bringing in relief pitchers. We used the first one who answered the phone.

American baseball pitcher & pitching coach

If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

I tell him ‘Attaway to hit, George.’

American baseball manager

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player

They both (statistics & bikinis) show a lot, but not everything.

American baseball player

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game, it’s that they stay out all night looking for it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I lost it in the sun!

professional baseball player

I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats; after all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.

(1881 – 1965) American Major League Baseball executive

Cricket is baseball on valium.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

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

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

One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Baseball without fans is like Jayne Mansfield without a sweater.

(1902 – 1994) British-born American trial lawyer & author

He can embarrass the batter on one pitch and the catcher on the next.

baseball player

Next up is Fernando Gonzales, who is not playing tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

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

American baseball player & manager

If I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I’d trip her up.

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

Rookie Wilson was candidate for Mookie of the Year.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer