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They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didn't expect it to be that short.

American baseball player & manager

I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

We know we’re better than this, but we can’t prove it.

American baseball player

Arthur 'Dazzy' Vance could throw a cream puff through a battleship.

American baseball player

They wanted me to play third like Brooks (Robinson) so I did play like Brooks — Mel Brooks.

baseball player

He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

His detractors faulted him for over managing and for giving more signs than the Coast Guard.

baseball writer

Overwhelming underdogs.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You have only two hemispheres in your brain – a left and a right side. The left side controls the right side of your body and the right controls the left half. It's a fact. Therefore, left-handers are the only people in their right minds.

American baseball pitcher

There are only two seasons – winter and baseball.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

professional baseball player

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

A slump starts in your head and winds up in your stomach.

American baseball player

You don't have to be a Harvard professor to manage baseball; in fact, I think you're better off having an IQ like mine.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

We've got to learn to stay out of triple plays.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is… well, an umpire.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

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

professional baseball player

Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head… no harm done.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player… but they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.

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

The way to make coaches think you’re in shape in the spring is to get a tan.

American baseball player