Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 24)

Baseball, it is said, is only a game… true… and the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

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

The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs.  You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them.  Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve.  No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

American baseball player

If Lew could cook, I’d marry him.

baseball manager

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.

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

And it’s a long drive down the line to centerfield.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

In the hunt to buy the San Francisco Giants was George Shinn, owner of the Charlotte Harlots.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, there’s no better feeling than to have that done.

professional baseball player

There are three things the average man thinks he can do better than everybody else: build a fire, run a motel and manage a baseball team.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

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

American baseball manager

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

(1860 – 1931) American baseball writer & humorist

(Willie) McCovey swings and misses, and it’s fouled back.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Singles hitters drive Fords, home run hitters drive Cadillacs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

If the NBA were on channel five and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel four, I’d watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy.

college basketball coach

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

baseball player

The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be. You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees.

American baseball pitcher