Keyword: Hitting

If a guy is a good fastball hitter, does that mean I should throw him a bad fastball?

professional baseball player

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

professional baseball player

George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin.

American baseball manager

He could hit better with a broken arm than we could with two good arms.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He hits from both sides of the plate; he’s amphibious.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

American baseball player

Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

American baseball player

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.


(1918 – 2002) American baseball player

A woman will be elected president before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes.

(1953 – ) American baseball player

Singles hitters drive Fords, home run hitters drive Cadillacs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The only thing Earl [Weaver] knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

American baseball pitcher

Slump, I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats; after all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

When Neil Armstong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object; I knew immediately what it was… that was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Slumps are like a soft bed; they're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

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