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I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

Dutch-born American baseball pitcher

Most ball games are lost, not won.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.

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

Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco, and nod at the stupid things your manager says.

American baseball pitcher

Winning is better than the next worse thing.

American baseball pitcher

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

Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Reporter: Will you be rooting for the American League or National League in the All Star Game?

Dole: Probably.

(1923 – ) U.S. senator (Kansas) & presidential candidate

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

If the roof fell in and Diz was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.

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

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women.

baseball manager

Today, Pittsburgh beat the Pirates, 6 to 6!

American sportscaster

We've got a problem here. Luis Tiant wants to use the bathroom, and it says no foreign objects in the toilets.

American baseball player

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

You feel guilty telling the batters to go out there and get a hit. They look at you funny, as is if to say, 'you try it.‘

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

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

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

You're wrong! I touched second base. I missed third… but I touched second.

American baseball player

There is someone warming up in the Giants’ bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

These days baseball is different… you come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.

American baseball player

You used to think if the score was 5-0, he'd hit a five-run home run.

professional baseball player