Famous Quotes & Sayings

I expect to see and play some great baseball this week. We have some very talented clubs that make up this year's field.

Corey Maggette

I expect to play hard. What I do is based on getting to the basket, drawing fouls, and getting to the line.

I establish my own fees, based on reasonable charges.

Edward White

I don't think it's merely a matter of pushing buttons and creating a market for baseball as with Starbucks.

Andrew Zimbalist

I don't think it's going to happen, and I don't think baseball wants it to happen. I think baseball would be inviting congressional ? possibly severe congressional ? response to it. They also would have to negotiate the effects of contraction with the players union.

I don't think shock is the right word, but it's fair to say there were some surprises based on the reporting that was coming out of Santa Maria and the decisiveness of the verdict.

Chris Carter

I don't think I've ever had a spring break without baseball being involved. It's a great opportunity to practice in the morning and play in the afternoon. It is very similar to the routine a professional player would have, and many times it helps your team finish the season strong.

I don't think people care as much about the profile as they care about the process of how they got to the profile. As a customer, I can make decisions based on what they're doing, and I can see the direction they're going in.

I don't think one player gets a stadium deal done. Cities that want baseball want it for 50 years. They're looking for the name on the front of the jersey. They're not focused on a specific player.

Frank Waters

From the beginning, there was going to be a reshuffling of the deck and we were going to be playing lot of young kids. I knew we might struggle early, but if we could develop as we went, we might be a good team come tournament time. Based on the way we've played the last couple of weeks, I think we've done that.

Josh Schwartz

For us, we've had so many cliff-hangers lately, we were really looking for the final episode before baseball to be less a traditional cliff-hanger and more a signal of the show being in a new place, ... There's a sense that the show has really moved over the course of those four episodes and set up some new dynamics.

Miguel Tejada

For us, this means a lot. We are a baseball country. I think this tournament will show who we are, how good at baseball we really are.

For the sixth time in five years, federal courts have now blocked or struck down these state and local laws seeking to regulate the sale of games to minors based on their content.

For these guys, it's like baseball card owners. They get a real kick out of how many they've found. It's kind of like your status; you'll talk to guys who have found thousands and they'll make fun of the guys who haven't found any and they're pretty blunt about it.

For the tie-breaker, we go to the books and it's broken down into runners to third, runners to second, runners to first and hits. We were tied at third base 5-5, then won it 7-5 at second.

For whatever the reason, the geographic moniker makes a difference. The geographic connection creates a base of fans.

For whatever the reason, the geographic moniker makes a difference, ... The geographic connection creates a base of fans.

Glasgow is one of our most important and busiest bases year round but the half-term getaway is something else. This October is set to be our biggest ever.

G-Log gives Oracle really good transportation functionality. But just as importantly, it gives them a customer base in the third-party logistics provider space. Many of them are looking to invest in transportation solutions.

Richie Sexson

If it does work, then there's a base open and they're going to walk me anyway. I don't understand the theory why he stole there. It doesn't seem to be a good green-light situation with two outs. I'd rather there not be a base open and give me a chance to drive in the run.

If it was a pitch count, a baseball issue, I could tell you.

If it's based on wanting the guys on top to play together, it's a bunch of hogwash. There's no problem with our tour as far as what's going on. To me, it sounds like the upper-echelon always wants it to be whatever they want. They seem to think that just because they're the best players that everybody should listen to them and only do what they want.

Kris Benson

If it wasn't me, someone else would have done it. They were saying the same thing when I signed for $2 million out of college. They were saying the same thing when I signed a $13.5 million contract after my second season. That's just the way baseball works. A week later you're the third- or fourth-highest because everyone else is getting more.

If you are a wireless service provider, your revenue model is increasingly based on interactive content. They are likely to generate some interesting content by looking to the large base of Java developers.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.

Ozzie Guillen

If we win the World Series, I would quit baseball and run for mayor.

If we were bringing minor league baseball, people knew what it meant. Minor league baseball has 100 years of history. It will take us at least three years. I think we're very much in the catch-up phase as people figure what this is about.

He's been doing great for us. He's one of those guys that gets on base even if its a walk.

He's been coming on. He's been our defensive second baseman and we just needed to go with a guy consistently there. When he's getting the opportunity, he's been swinging the bat better lately..

He's been a great help to me, just being so young and pitching and the things that he's taught me each and every day I go out there.

O. Henry

He's done a terrific job from day one. Being the general manager of a baseball team is a very difficult job. Theo gives it everything he has in a very determined measure and selfless way. And he does it with great intelligence, discipline, honesty and humility. His record of results speaks for itself.

Jon Daniels

He's doing well down there. He's playing third base today, but he's been playing mostly second base. One of his strengths is his versatility, but he's just not versatile. He's good defensively at a number of positions.

Hopefully we have the bases covered to where we will step on the field and play well and not beat ourselves.