Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 21)

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

All of his saves have come during relief appearances.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I went to church the other day to pray for our pitchers… but there wasn't enough candles.

baseball manager

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.

Well, I guess I was just in the right place at the right time.

Dominican baseball player

They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Don’t park in the spaces marked, “Reserved for Umpires.”

professional baseball pitcher

You won't find a single four-letter word in there… I don't go for that bullshit.

(1918 – ) American baseball pitcher

It was gone before it got outta here; it was going that fast.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball 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

That boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Nice guys finish last.

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

Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Some of ours [umpires] is so crooked that they can lay in a berth only when the train’s making a curve.

(1885 – 1933) columnist & writer

I need her like Custer needed Indians.

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

Most ball games are lost, not won.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player

People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, we all know that, how long a dozen bats would last me?… depending on the weight and the model that I was using at that particular time I would say eight to ten cookouts.

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

Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game; home is where the heartache is.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire