Author: Bill Lee

Hell, if KY jelly went off the market, the whole California Angels pitching staff would be out of baseball.

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Winning is better than the next worse thing.

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But he was the worst dresser in organized baseball; he made Inspector Clouseau look like a candidate for Mr. Blackwell's list of best-dressed men.

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The Cincinnati Reds are like a drill team; they should be managed by Jack Webb.

American baseball pitcher

You have only two hemispheres in your brain – a left and a right side. The left side controls the right side of your body and the right controls the left half. It's a fact. Therefore, left-handers are the only people in their right minds.

American baseball pitcher

The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be. You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees.

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

American baseball pitcher

Baseball is the belly of society. Straighten out baseball and you'll straighten out the rest of the world.

American baseball pitcher

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.

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I believed in drug testing a long time ago… all through the Sixties I tested everything.

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Do they leave it there during games?

American baseball pitcher

Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco, and nod at the stupid things your manager says.

American baseball pitcher