Subject: Sports » Baseball

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

professional baseball player

When I asked the baseball writers why they haven't elected me to the Hall of Fame, they told me they thought I was still playing.

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

Once a pitcher loses his fastball, he has to go to the garbage.

baseball player

Baseball is a game which consists of tapping a ball with a piece of wood, then running like a lunatic.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

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

George 'Babe' Ruth and Old Jack Dempsey, both Sultans of Swat.
One hits where the other people are, the other where they're not.

Scottish snooker player

I refuse to call a 47-year-old white-haired man ’Sparky.’

baseball umpire

Any umpire who lasts five years in the minor leagues deserves to be immortalized; any umpire who lasts ten or more years in the minors deserves to be institutionalized.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

The new Haitian baseball can’t weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Look at him and you'd think he's 16… talk to him and you think he's 26; talk baseball with him, and you'd think he's 36.

(1881 – 1965) American Major League Baseball executive

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

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

The average age of our bench is deceased.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Jay Bell is 0-for-6 in this series with 10 homers and 52 RBIs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If I'd known I was going to pitch a no-hitter today, I would have gotten a haircut.

professional baseball player

If you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

They will pass the father-son tandem of Buddy Bell and Yogi Berra.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Every time I sign a ball, and there have been thousands, I thank my luck that I wasn’t born Coveseski or Wambsganss or Peckinpaugh.

American baseball player

It was strange. The only English words I saw were Sony and Mitsubishi.

American baseball player

I understand, Moe, that you are in counter-intelligence, which, I assume, means you are against intelligence.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

They've played on grass and they've played on Astroturf. What they should do is put down a layer of paper in Candlestick Park. After all, the Giants always look good on paper.

(1934 – 2005) American radio personality

Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close a man has ever come to perfection.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter