Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 13)

First I pray to God that nobody hits a ball to me; then I pray that nobody hits the ball to Steve Sax.

baseball player

I guess I'll have to gain 60 pounds, start smoking a cigar and wear clothes that don't match.

American baseball player

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you.

American baseball player

Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder

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

professional baseball player

He can embarrass the batter on one pitch and the catcher on the next.

baseball player

Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco, and nod at the stupid things your manager says.

American baseball pitcher

Third [base] ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.

American baseball pitcher

They throw Winfield out at second, but he’s safe.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

Running a ball club is like raising kids who fall out of trees.

American baseball manager

That’s one you can tell your grandchildren about – tomorrow.

American baseball player

I never thought you could win a Pulitzer just for quoting Tommy Lasorda correctly.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

My father looked at the check and then told the scout, 'Throw in another hundred and you can take the rest of the family.'

baseball player

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

In baseball, you don’t know nothing.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

He has a strike zone the size of Hitler’s heart.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter