Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 8)

I went through life as "a player to be named later.”

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

I'd have a better chance of catching flies with chopsticks.

baseball player

Once a pitcher loses his fastball, he has to go to the garbage.

baseball player

They wanted me to play third like Brooks (Robinson) so I did play like Brooks — Mel Brooks.

baseball player

Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and the other foot in a bucket of ice; according to the percentage people, you should be about perfectly comfortable.

baseball manager

I’m too lazy to work and too scared to steal.

professional baseball player

Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco, and nod at the stupid things your manager says.

American baseball pitcher

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

I'm happy for him [Gil Hodges]; that is, if you think becoming a big league manager is a good thing to have happen to you.

American baseball manager

I'm really not a Facebook or Twitter guy; I'm a prime-rib-and-baked-potato guy.

American baseball player & manager

A stadium with the lights out.

American baseball pitcher

This is not even close to what I envisioned a no-hitter would be.

American baseball pitcher

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

American baseball pitcher & announcer

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.

American baseball player & commentator

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball; unfortunately, neither of them work.

professional baseball coach

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

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. 

professional hockey player

If you act like you know what you’re doing, you can do anything you want… except neurosurgery.

professional baseball player

An hour after the game, you want to go out and play them again.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

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

Most ball games are lost, not won.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager