Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 24)

We’ll be back after this word from Manufacturer’s Hangover.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The toughest call an umpire has to make is not the half-swing; the toughest call is throwing a guy out of the game after you blew the hell out of the play.

American baseball umpire

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

American baseball player

It shows what you can accomplish if you stay up all night drinking whiskey all the time.

Restaurant owner

A stadium with the lights out.

American baseball pitcher

They should move first base back one step to eliminate all those close plays.

professional baseball player

Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

You can't expect Mr. Ed to keep up with Secretariat.

baseball player

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

An hour after the game, you want to go out and play them again.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

It’s never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn’t.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

American baseball pitcher

Some people have a chip on their shoulder; Billy has a whole lumberyard.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles; eighty percent of the people don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you're having trouble.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Tommy John is so old, he uses Absorbine Senior.

(1952 – ) American sportscaster

Most ball games are lost, not won.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

There’ll be a man on the moon before he (Gaylord Perry) hits a home run.

(1922 – ) American baseball player & manager