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Claudell Washington plays the outfield like he's trying to catch grenades.

professional baseball player

Cleveland’s Colon Has Emerged Smelling Like a Rose

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

Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

 I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4½ minutes – when they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

I’m going to Radio Shack to buy one of those headsets like the broadcasters use… it seems as soon as you put them on, you get 100 times smarter.

American baseball manager

The A's leave after this game for Cleveland. It was only by a 13-12 vote that they decided to go.

Oakland A's announcer

When I was a kid, I wanted to play baseball and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've been able to do both.

American baseball player

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

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

I'm happy for him [Gil Hodges]; that is, if you think becoming a big league manager is a good thing to have happen to you.

American baseball manager

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

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

No, I had 999 times to get ready for it.

American baseball player

Say Satch, tell me, was Abraham Lincoln a crouch hitter?

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I wouldn’t give him a high fastball or a fast highball.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Slumps are like a soft bed; they're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

There are only two seasons – winter and baseball.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals and three-run homers.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

The Hall of Fame ceremonies are on the 31st and 32nd of July.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you.

American baseball player