Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 21)

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

Do they leave it there during games?

American baseball pitcher

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

professional baseball player

A stadium with the lights out.

American baseball pitcher

The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field… no, wait a minute… it’s ball one… low and outside.

(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

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

professional baseball player

I pitch like my hair’s on fire.

baseball player

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.


(1918 – 2002) American baseball player

I never did say that you can’t be a nice guy and win; I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I’d trip her.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.

American baseball umpire

You don't hit with your face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Best player ever? … I’d have to go with the immoral Babe Ruth.

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What makes him unusual is that he thinks he's normal and everyone else is nuts.

American baseball manager

A sense of humor and a good bullpen.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.

baseball player

The day Mickey Mantle bunted when the wind was blowing in on Crosley Field.

American baseball pitcher

They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didn't expect it to be that short.

American baseball player & manager

Rookie Wilson was candidate for Mookie of the Year.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The place was cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck.

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Things were so bad in Chicago last summer, that by the fifth inning the White Sox were selling hot dogs to go.

American baseball player