Subject: Sports » Baseball

There's a deep fly ball… Winfield goes back, back… his head hits the wall… it's rolling towards second base.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

They should move first base back one step to eliminate all those close plays.

professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

The first time I ever came into a game there [Yankee Stadium], I got in the bullpen car and they told me to lock the doors.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball New York City Places Sports

The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs.  You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them.  Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve.  No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

American baseball player
Baseball History Science/Weather Sports

Eric Show will be oh-for-ten if that pop fly comes down.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

When you’re 21, you're a prospect; when you’re 30, you’re a suspect.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb… it took me only a few days to correct that impression.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball People Self Sports

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
Baseball Sports

I’m throwing twice as hard, but the ball is getting there half as fast.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

The highlight of my career?… in '67 with St. Louis, I walked with the bases loaded to drive in the winning run in an inter-squad game in spring training.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor
Baseball Sports

They expect an umpire to be perfect on opening day and to improve as the season goes on.

American baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

If the roof fell in and Diz was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay in nice hotels instead of barracks.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

[He’s] the ultimate player-to-be-named-later.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder
Baseball Conflict Fights Sports

Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Malaprops Sports

There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports

When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager
Baseball Sports

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not on theirs.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager
Baseball Science/Weather Sports