Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 4)

The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go somewhere he's never been, and the owner says "You mean third base?"

(1906 – 1998) English-born American comedian

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did… they were something special… they were like homing pigeons; the ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I’d like to help you, but you don’t drink.

professional baseball player & manager

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

professional baseball player

Baseball, it is said, is only a game… true… and the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

I occasionally get birthday cards from fans, but it's often the same message… they hope it's my last.

American baseball umpire

I don’t like dogs… keep getting mustard on my catcher’s mitt.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Allen S. Sothoron pitched his initials off yesterday.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

Harmon Killebrew has enough power to hit home runs in any park – including Yellowstone.

American professional baseball player, manager & executive

Defensively the Red Sox are a lot like Stonehenge. They are old, they don't move, and no one is certain why they are positioned the way they are.

American sportswriter

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

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.


I walk into the clubhouse and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic; we have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol and by the seventh inning he had drunk it all.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

When we played, World Series checks meant something; now all they do is screw up your taxes.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

I went through life as "a player to be named later.”

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

It's like Christmas, except it's warmer.

American baseball player

It was better than a couple of years I had.

American baseball player

Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

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

Walk him and face the next guy.

American baseball player

I’m no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and 4,200 hits.

American baseball player