Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 8)

I got a big charge out of seeing Ted Williams hit. Once in a while they let me try to field some of them, which sort of dimmed my enthusiasm.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When I looked at the third base coach for a sign, he turned his back on me.

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

We have deep depth.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

When they smile, blood drips off their teeth.

(1938 – ) American businessman & baseball team owner

I've got a tip on the market for you fellows, buy Pennsylvania Railroad – because by tomorrow night about a dozen of you bums will be riding on it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Some people have a chip on their shoulder; Billy has a whole lumberyard.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

I’ve never seen a guy on the DL [Disabled List] with pulled fat.

professional baseball player

All the Padres need is a flyball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I’ve got a face made for radio.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

Sure, it's nice to win; but there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get, win or lose.

professional baseball player

I don’t room with him [Babe Ruth]; I room with his suitcase.

professional 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

When I broke in, they didn’t have bats – we just grabbed the branch of a tree.

American baseball pitcher

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

(1922 – ) American baseball player & manager

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

professional baseball player

No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

That boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager