Keyword: Hitting

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player

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

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

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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 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

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Singles hitters drive Fords, home run hitters drive Cadillacs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

American baseball pitcher

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

professional baseball coach

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

American baseball player

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

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

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

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1953 – ) American baseball player

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager