Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 14)

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.

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

It just as easily could have gone the other way.

professional baseball player & manager

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did… they were something special… they were like homing pigeons; the ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I would order a dozen bats and there were times they’d come back with handles at each end.

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

These days baseball is different… you come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.

American baseball player

I don’t know what I will do in October. I’ve never hit in this month before. I’m usually playing basketball in October.

American baseball player

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

professional baseball player

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

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

With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates) in the morning and everybody is looking at the sports page to see if Hulk Hogan won.

baseball player

He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

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

Grubb goes back, back… he’s under the warning track and makes the play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I don’t know what that is.

professional baseball player

The day I got a hit off Sandy Koufax was when he knew it was all over.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

If you are going to have a fight with a visiting club, be sure to insult them the day they come to town, and not the last day of the series. It pays off better.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

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

Venezuelan baseball player

I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats; after all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

I don’t room with him [Babe Ruth]; I room with his suitcase.

professional baseball player

Next up is Fernando Gonzales, who is not playing tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer