Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mike Quade

We did get the three runs (in the third) and come back, but this is a tough ballpark to nickel and dime and get runs that way. It boils down to offense and four runs here (in Albuquerque) normally isn't going to cut it and it didn't today.

We're happy to lend a hand to this important program. Recycling continues to become a more and more important issue with each passing year and we hope that Ducks fans with old sneakers will be able to make the trip to our ballpark with their unwanted sneakers to help out a great cause.

Bobby Cox

She became an institution at the ballpark for many years. The Braves were very fortunate to have known somebody like her.

Dusty Baker

Usually, if he makes a mistake, they don't hit him out of the ballpark with that sinker, ... He made a mistake; that's what happens with youth. We have a young pitching staff and a young bullpen that's subject sometimes to walks and also subject to mistakes.

We're doing everything it takes to win. I'm definitely enjoying going to the ballpark every day.

We're ready for spring training. I think fans are going to see the same thing in 2006 as they did in 2005 in terms of the ballpark experience. Yesterday's decision doesn't change anything in terms of the way we do business.

On the destination list of Washington, ... you'll have the MCI Center area, Georgetown and, now, boom, the South Capitol Street ballpark area.

Baseball is a great game to watch and have a conversation with when you're sitting in the ballpark or enjoying it on television. When you come home from a long day at the office, seeing things a little quicker is more desirable.

My ballpark estimate is that it would be a $2.4 million to $3 million expense to hold the whole team together. Even if a carrier were able to hold their expenses to half that amount, we're talking about all of these bidders losing at least $1.2 million. And that doesn't include not making their revenue projections.

Pat Gillick

No, I don't think it's a problem at all. A lot of ballparks these days see home runs fly out of them. I don't think the ballpark will be a problem in luring players here. If anything, I've heard a lot of comments about what a beautiful ballpark it is.

Getting back to our ballpark is something we're looking forward to. Our fans are terrific, and it will be a big lift to our guys to play in front of them for the first time this season.

Rollie Fingers

I didn't like The Astrodome or any of the Astro-Turf fields. Probably my worst ballpark was The Met in Minnesota; I hated that place. I was so glad when they tore that place down, you have no idea.

Richie Sexson

I'd like to believe so. No one can ever say with certainty who's going to go to a World Series. But you have to come to the ballpark every day convinced you are going to win.

Ryne Sandberg

I don't know where I'd go and want to win a championship other than here, ... That's still what I'm striving for. That's still why I'm with the organization and coming out to the ballpark as often as I do -- to be a part of that and to win a championship here.

I don't know of a single case of a ballpark that is integrated into a neighborhood that isn't doing well. Anyplace that's been done it's been a success.

No one hit it out of the ballpark for us. No single group could do a portfolio-wide idea for the soup business.

Billy Herman

The Capone era. That was my time. Capone was a big baseball fan. He'd walk into the ballpark like the president walking in today, with bodyguards all around him.

First and foremost, you aren't going to win many games in this or any ballpark with one run. We get six hits from three people, and that won't make it at any park.

We'll have to compare the numbers from this year to ratings for the years prior to the Red Sox and Cardinals. I think this will be a memorable World Series with incredible ratings. I think the numbers will hold up extremely well and will be in the ballpark with last year.

We all anticipated the team's success, but not to the degree it has been successful. Our success dictated we make some changes in the ballpark throughout the years. That way we can ensure we're serving our guests.

Roberto Alomar

To my mom, I don't know how to describe my mom. She is the most wonderful person in my life. She gave me love. She took me to the ballpark when I was just a little boy running around, hanging around.

Ozzie Guillen

There has been a lot of pressure, but every day, I've come to the ballpark with the same enthusiasm, the same face, the same attitude, ... If I don't, the players will look and me and say, 'Uh-oh, what's happening here?'

We're not in the heart of Silicon Valley, but we're just north of it. We really want to use technology as much as we can in the ballpark in innovative, creative ways, but we don't want to just do it to be hokey or for technology's sake. We really wanted to use it to enhance the fan experience, yet at the same time preserve the old-time feel of the ballpark.

We're not in the heart of Silicon Valley, but we're just north of it, ... We really want to use technology as much as we can in the ballpark in innovative, creative ways, but we don't want to just do it to be hokey or for technology's sake. We really wanted to use it to enhance the fan experience, yet at the same time preserve the old-time feel of the ballpark.

Phil Garner

We're not in the best of situations, obviously, but we feel pretty good. We've got a history of being able to do it. We're coming back to our ballpark where we played pretty well. But bottom line is we need to step up and do it.

We get back from the ballpark around 5 o'clock. I'm thinking it must be cocktail hour. These guys were in their shorts and off to the gym.

We are in the same ballpark and we are not doing our jobs. That's what I'm saying. It's as simple as that.

Pete Rose

Umpires got power, man. You ever notice if you go to a ballpark and there's a close play on first base, they will not run the replay at the ballpark? I've seen umpires go underneath and call up and say if you run one more of those replays, we're gonna forfeit the game. That's how strong their union is.

I was looking for the fastball. When I hit it I thought I had hit it out. But this is a tough ballpark to hit it out of.

Just like the baseball team, we feel it's important for the ballpark to get re-engineered, for the ballpark to take on a different look and continue to remain fresh.

Red Schoendienst

Going from that old ballpark it was a real old one and coming over here was something. It was really a pleasure.

Moises Alou

He's holding up pretty good. That's a tough guy. It's not easy to come to the ballpark and perform and deal with all the stuff going on outside. The fans have been terrible.

He was just trying to drive it to the big part of the ballpark and get one, and he ended up getting all three.