Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 13)

It’s the same as any other ball game you’ll remember as long as you live.

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

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The sun has been there for 500, 600 years.

American baseball player

That’s Hendrick’s 19th home run; one more and he reaches double figures.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

For those of us who are baseball fans and agnostics, the [Baseball] Hall of Fame is as close to a religious experience as we may ever get.

American author

The only man I've ever known who could strut sitting down.

(1860 – 1931) American baseball writer & humorist

The last time I saw anything like this I was playing for Tastee Freeze in the Little League.

professional baseball pitcher

Relax, all right? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls. It’s more democratic.

(1955 – ) American actor, musician, producer & director

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is… well, an umpire.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

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

baseball player

If the Cincinnati Reds were the first major league baseball team… who did they play?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

It’s got lots of installation.

professional baseball player

(He) simply lost that sun-blown popup.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Some quiet guys are inwardly outgoing.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

It couldn't have happened to a greater guy… well, yes, it could have happened to me.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle – once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

My problem is I lose too many one-run games – 10-9, 8-7.

American baseball pitcher

He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager