Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 6)

Things were so bad in Chicago last summer, that by the fifth inning the White Sox were selling hot dogs to go.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street – a lot of singles, but no action.

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

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

Baseball Basketball Football Hockey Sports

That’s Hendrick’s 19th home run; one more and he reaches double figures.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

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

I never knew anybody who said they liked doubleheaders except Ernie Banks, and I think he was lying.

professional baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

If ever an error had ‘F’ written on it, that grounder did.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

 I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4½ minutes – when they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host
Baseball Death Health Sports

You've got to swing that bat; only the mailman walks.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

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

American baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder
Baseball Conflict Fights Sports

Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I was offered a spot in an ad for neutering pets… not exactly what I had in mind.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

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
Baseball Sports

I knew when my career was over; in 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

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

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women.

baseball manager
Baseball Sports

Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Some of ours [umpires] is so crooked that they can lay in a berth only when the train’s making a curve.

(1885 – 1933) columnist & writer
Baseball Beliefs Sports

I think it’s a good idea; it keeps the parents off the streets.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach
Baseball Family Parents Sports

Bauer taught me how to dress, how to talk — and how to drink.

(1931 – 1995) American baseball player
Baseball People Sports