Keyword: Hitting

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

If a guy is a good fastball hitter, does that mean I should throw him a bad fastball?

professional baseball player

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

professional baseball coach

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

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

You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys.

American baseball player

He hits from both sides of the plate; he’s amphibious.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.


(1918 – 2002) American baseball player

Slump, I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

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

George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin.

American baseball manager

Singles hitters drive Fords, home run hitters drive Cadillacs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1953 – ) American baseball player

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

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

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

American baseball pitcher