Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 7)

God watches over drunks and third basemen.

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

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game; if that isn’t enough, in the second half, you have to give what’s left.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb… uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Gibson's the luckiest pitcher I've ever seen because he always picks the night to pitch when the other team doesn't score any runs.

American baseball player & commentator

They can’t hit it while I’m standing here holding it.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Hating the Yankees isn’t part of my “act,” it is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game.

American baseball player

Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Best player ever? … I’d have to go with the immoral Babe Ruth.

professional baseball player

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball; I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

(1934 – ) American baseball player

The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women.

baseball manager

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I’m throwing twice as hard, but the ball is getting there half as fast.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

He can run anytime he wants; I’m giving him the red light.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The Mets achieved total incompetence in a single year, while the Browns worked industriously for almost a decade to gain equal proficiency.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

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

professional baseball pitcher