Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 7)

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

It's not very often you get to see the Lone Ranger and Toronto in the same night.

baseball manager

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.

American baseball pitcher

Orel Hershiser is the only Major League pitcher to have two consecutive pronouns in his surname.

American essayist

I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles; eighty percent of the people don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you're having trouble.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

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

American baseball player

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

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

The Hall of Fame ceremonies are on the 31st and 32nd of July.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Tell you what, you keep the salary and I'll keep me the cut.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

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

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

American baseball player

A slump starts in your head and winds up in your stomach.

American baseball player

All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When Charlie Finley had his heart operation it took eight hours…. seven just to find his heart.

professional baseball pitcher

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

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

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

It gets late out there early.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Say Satch, tell me, was Abraham Lincoln a crouch hitter?

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Gibson's the luckiest pitcher I've ever seen because he always picks the night to pitch when the other team doesn't score any runs.

American baseball player & commentator

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