Subject: Sports (Page 39)

It's a good thing Babe Ruth isn't still with the Yankees. If he was, George Steinbrenner would have him bat seventh and say he's overweight.

American baseball player

Panthers Destroy Viking Visitors

You can make a lot of money in this game; just ask my ex-wives; both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Orel Hershiser is the only Major League pitcher to have two consecutive pronouns in his surname.

American essayist

You know what they say about big hitters… the woods are full of them.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

If there’s a pileup, they’ll have to give some of the players artificial insemination.

(1919 – 2006) American sports announcer

It was further than I thought.

Equatorial Guinea swimmer

I can see them buying Mauer the city of Duluth.

baseball sports writer & analyst

The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field… no, wait a minute… it’s ball one… low and outside.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Playing with your spouse on the golf course runs almost as great a marital risk as getting caught playing with someone else's anywhere else.

golf journalist

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The best way to die is to sit under a tree, eats lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer and blow up.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

The only difference between me and General Custer is that I have to watch the films on Sunday.

College football coach

Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

National League umpires wear inside chest protesters.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name… and they say golf is a quiet game.

Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

American auto racer

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

(1945 – ) football coach

I call Los Angeles the city of alternatives. If you don't like mountains, we got the ocean. If you don't like Knott's Berry Farm, we've got Disneyland. If you don't like basketball, we've got the Clippers.

American television personality

The good chip allows you to whistle while you walk in the dark alleys of golf.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer