Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 27)

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

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Problem with [John] Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

Every time I sign a ball, and there have been thousands, I thank my luck that I wasn’t born Coveseski or Wambsganss or Peckinpaugh.

American baseball player

I can see the sun okay, and that's 93 million miles away.

American baseball umpire

When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

God watches over drunks and third basemen.

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

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

professional baseball player

That’s one you can tell your grandchildren about – tomorrow.

American baseball player

I never knew anybody who said they liked doubleheaders except Ernie Banks, and I think he was lying.

professional baseball player & manager

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

American baseball pitcher

He can make the ball look so small that you're not even sure why there's a practical reason for being up there.

professional baseball player

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

American baseball player

If I'd known I was going to pitch a no-hitter today, I would have gotten a haircut.

professional baseball player

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Every five years, a man has to change his Sox.

professional baseball player & broadcaster

If you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

They both (statistics & bikinis) show a lot, but not everything.

American baseball player

The only reason we’re 7-0 is because we’ve won all seven of our games.

Baseball team manager

I refuse to call a 47-year-old white-haired man ’Sparky.’

baseball umpire

The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer