Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 27)

The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn’t allow visitors in the clubhouse.

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

Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it.

(1942 – ) American 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

Best player ever? … I’d have to go with the immoral Babe Ruth.

professional baseball player

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.

American baseball manager

I’m glad I don’t play anymore; I could never learn all of those handshakes.

professional baseball player & announcer

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

professional baseball player & manager

I’m the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

professional baseball player

I managed good but, boy, did they play bad.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

If you hit Polonia 100 fly balls, you could make a movie out of it — Catch 22.

baseball player

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 tell him ‘Attaway to hit, George.’

American baseball manager

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

professional baseball pitcher

Career highlights?… I had two; I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

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

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

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

American baseball pitcher

Relax, all right? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls. It’s more democratic.

(1955 – ) American actor, musician, producer & director

The Rangers dropped out of the lead June 16 with a loss that will be forever remembered as the forgettable debut of lefthander Matt Perisho.

sports reporter

He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer