Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 13)

There’s a shot up the alley… oh, it’s just foul.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit.

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

They both (statistics & bikinis) show a lot, but not everything.

American baseball player

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

I throw the ball as hard as ever, but it just takes longer to get to the plate.

American baseball pitcher

Trying to hit him is like trying to eat Jell-O® with chopsticks.

baseball player

People don't know this but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant; I came down with hepatitis… the trainer injected me with it.

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

Well, that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankees win.

professional baseball player & announcer

Nobody knows this [yet], but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

 I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4½ minutes – when they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

professional baseball player & manager

I don’t think we’re the oldest battery, but we’re certainly the ugliest.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Sure, it's nice to win; but there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get, win or lose.

professional baseball player

The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

All the Padres need is a flyball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Some quiet guys are inwardly outgoing.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Problem with [John] Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

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

baseball player

All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer