Keyword: Hitting

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

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

professional baseball player

Look at him (Bobby Richardson) – he doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t chew, he doesn’t stay out late, and he still can’t hit .250.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

It's easy to stay in the majors for seven and a half years when you hit .300; but when you hit .216 like me, it's really an accomplishment.

professional baseball player

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

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

Good pitching always stops good hitting and vice versa.

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

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

He's the only guy I know who can go 4 for 3.

American baseball player

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

American baseball pitcher

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

(1953 – ) American baseball player

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin.

American baseball manager

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

American baseball player

I was the worst hitter ever; I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

So I'm ugly; I never saw anyone hit with his face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

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