Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 5)

When you lose your hands, you can’t play baseball.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

professional baseball player

Nice guys finish last.

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

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

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

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

There’ll be a man on the moon before he (Gaylord Perry) hits a home run.

(1922 – ) American baseball player & manager

He needed a psychiatrist more than I did.

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

As I remember it, the bases were loaded.

professional baseball player

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

American baseball player

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.

American baseball player & commentator

The place was cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck.

professional baseball player

We (the Mets) are a much improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings!

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay in nice hotels instead of barracks.

American baseball pitcher

The Mets have gotten their leadoff hitter on base only once in this inning.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The Houston Astros play in a vast indoor stadium known as the Astrodome, but the problem is they field a half-vast team.

American baseball player

Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

Girls used to come up to me and say, “My sister loves you.” Now they say, “My mother loves you.”

baseball player

The first time I ever came into a game there [Yankee Stadium], I got in the bullpen car and they told me to lock the doors.

American baseball pitcher