Subject: Sports » Baseball

I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles; eighty percent of the people don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you're having trouble.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Tell you what, you keep the salary and I'll keep me the cut.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

It's like Christmas, except it's warmer.

American baseball player

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

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

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

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

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

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player

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

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

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

I'm happy for him [Gil Hodges]; that is, if you think becoming a big league manager is a good thing to have happen to you.

American baseball manager

We’ll be back after this word from Manufacturer’s Hangover.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

Allen S. Sothoron pitched his initials off yesterday.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

American baseball player