Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 4)

Trying to throw a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun by a rooster.

(1929 – ) American baseball player

Listen, ump… how can you sleep with the lights on?

American baseball player

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

We had a very scientific system of bringing in relief pitchers. We used the first one who answered the phone.

American baseball pitcher & pitching coach

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

professional baseball player

The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I don’t know what that is.

professional baseball player

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

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

professional baseball player

The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

There’s a shot up the alley… oh, it’s just foul.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He’s a big clog in their machine.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I didn't mind if they yelled at me, but when they came on the field, it was a different story.

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

When Lew was a twenty game winner for the Milwaukee Braves, people needed three columns for his pitching record: won, lost and relative humidity.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

For the Washington Senators, the worst time of the year is the baseball season.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer

Hating the Yankees isn’t part of my “act,” it is one of those exquisite times when life and art are in perfect conjunction.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year; they don’t realize that most of us only make $500,000.00.

professional baseball player

Managing a baseball team is like trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

American baseball player

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

American baseball pitcher

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

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

I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles; eighty percent of the people don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you're having trouble.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager