Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 10)

The toughest call an umpire has to make is not the half-swing; the toughest call is throwing a guy out of the game after you blew the hell out of the play.

American baseball umpire

The best thing about baseball is that you can do something about yesterday tomorrow.

Venezuelan baseball player

Some people have a chip on their shoulder; Billy has a whole lumberyard.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.

American baseball player, manager & executive

You can't get rich sitting on the bench, but I'm giving it a try.

professional baseball player

I guess I’d better send my fingers to Cooperstown.

baseball player

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

We've got a problem here. Luis Tiant wants to use the bathroom, and it says no foreign objects in the toilets.

American baseball player

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

Ozzie Smith just made a play that I have never seen before; and he’s done it more times than anyone else.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Defensively the Red Sox are a lot like Stonehenge. They are old, they don't move, and no one is certain why they are positioned the way they are.

American sportswriter

You have to give Pete credit for what he's accomplished; he never went to college and the only book he ever read was The Pete Rose Story.

Ex-wife of Pete Rose

If you act like you know what you’re doing, you can do anything you want… except neurosurgery.

professional baseball player

He slides into second with a stand up double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

We've got to learn to stay out of triple plays.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Baseball is the belly of society. Straighten out baseball and you'll straighten out the rest of the world.

American baseball pitcher

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

professional baseball player