Keyword: Hitting

Gehringer goes two for five on Opening Day and stays that way all season.

American baseball pitcher
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Slumps are like a soft bed; they're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player
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Reggie Jackson wouldn’t get into the batter’s box until he knew we were back from commercial; of course, [Bob] Uecker wanted to hit during the commercial.

sports announcer
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I was so bad, I couldn’t have driven Miss Daisy home.

baseball player
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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
Baseball Yogi-isms

The only thing Earl [Weaver] knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

American baseball pitcher
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Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
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When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

professional baseball player
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Singles hitters drive Fords, home run hitters drive Cadillacs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
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When Neil Armstong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object; I knew immediately what it was… that was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
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My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
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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
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Look at him (Bobby Richardson) – he doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t chew, he doesn’t stay out late, and he still can’t hit .250.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Characteristics Sports

He's the only guy I know who can go 4 for 3.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

So I'm ugly; I never saw anyone hit with his face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Basketball Sports Yogi-isms

It's easy to stay in the majors for seven and a half years when you hit .300; but when you hit .216 like me, it's really an accomplishment.

professional baseball player
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That boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

A woman will be elected president before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes.

(1953 – ) American baseball player
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He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host
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He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
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