Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 5)

I don’t mean he missed him, but he just didn’t get him when he put the tag on him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Wait until Tommy (Lasorda) meets the Lord and finds out that He's wearing pinstripes.

American baseball pitcher

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

I can play anywhere; First, Third, Left field… anywhere but Philadelphia.

(1942 – ) American baseball player

With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates) in the morning and everybody is looking at the sports page to see if Hulk Hogan won.

baseball player

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

A lot of the people who make these suggestions would have a hard time filling out the application forms to work at 7-Eleven.

baseball player

He can make the ball look so small that you're not even sure why there's a practical reason for being up there.

professional baseball player

One night we play like King Kong, the next night like Fay Wray.

American baseball player & manager

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base; that relay might get away and you’ve got another shot at him.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

People don't know this but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant; I came down with hepatitis… the trainer injected me with it.

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

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

American baseball player

Owner of the A's, Charlie Finley: I noticed when you went out to the mound, you had grass stains on the seat of your pants. That's not a good example to set for your players.

Bauer calmly replied: Those weren't grass stains, Charlie… that was mistletoe.

(1922 – 2007) American baseball player & manager

When Sandy Koufax retired.

American baseball player

I was so bad, I couldn’t have driven Miss Daisy home.

baseball player

He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom’s apple pie.

(1926 – 1991) American television journalist

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

American baseball player