Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 8)

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

Why does everybody stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?

professional baseball player

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

professional baseball player & manager

All of his saves have come during relief appearances.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The Rangers dropped out of the lead June 16 with a loss that will be forever remembered as the forgettable debut of lefthander Matt Perisho.

sports reporter

If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Managing a baseball team is like trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

American baseball player

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I can see them buying Mauer the city of Duluth.

baseball sports writer & analyst

He wants Texas back.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

There is someone warming up in the Giants’ bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

American baseball player

When Lew was a twenty game winner for the Milwaukee Braves, people needed three columns for his pitching record: won, lost and relative humidity.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

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

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

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

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

American baseball player

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

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

I was the worst hitter ever; I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

There’s a shot up the alley… oh, it’s just foul.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer