Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 4)

It’s never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn’t.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Baseball and malaria keep coming back.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

Overwhelming underdogs.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Look at him (Bobby Richardson) – he doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t chew, he doesn’t stay out late, and he still can’t hit .250.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Today, Pittsburgh beat the Pirates, 6 to 6!

American sportscaster

[He’s] the ultimate player-to-be-named-later.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

You have to give Pete credit for what he's accomplished; he never went to college and the only book he ever read was The Pete Rose Story.

Ex-wife of Pete Rose

When I am right, no one remembers. When I am wrong, no one forgets.

American baseball umpire

Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right-field line.


What’s everyone blaming me for? … Blame Felix; I wouldn’t have hit into the double-plays if he hadn’t hit singles.

American baseball player, manager & executive

The day I got a hit off Sandy Koufax was when he knew it was all over.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

Being traded is like celebrating your hundredth birthday… it might not be the happiest occasion in the world, but consider the alternative.

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

 The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey; the old ballplayer cared about the name on the front… the new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

professional baseball player

You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys.

American baseball player

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

baseball manager

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

Yes, and so is everyone else in the league.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

I would order a dozen bats and there were times they’d come back with handles at each end.

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