Quotes about baseball
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One has to bear in mind that during my childhood and adolescence, I suffered the repression of the Somoza dictatorship in every way: economically, socially, as well as at the hands of the police -- because if we went out on the street to play baseball, for example, the police would come and beat us up and put us in prison. Daniel Ortega
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Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park. Daniel Okrent
baseball team winning
If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game for you. Remember, the best team in baseball in any year is going to be beaten about 60 times. Daniel Okrent
baseball winning thinking
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. Dan O'Brien
baseball awkward president
President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards. Conan O'Brien
baseball years two
My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people. Dwight Gooden
baseball cut field
We used to have a 330-yard cinder track. Now it's cut to 200. They put a baseball field in the back corner.
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We understand we're officially in October baseball. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate when your magic number is one.
baseball running home
Finally learning his baseball history, on the topic of Hank Aaron and his home run record Alfonso Soriano
baseball father kids
I don't care what you do - baseball or politics - George W. Bush is always going to be compared to his father. I just want it to be an easy answer in 50 years - Who was the better player, me, or my kids? I want it to be my kids. Andy Van Slyke
baseball relief bats
I have an Alka-Seltzer bat. You know-plop, plop, fizz, fizz, when the pitcher sees me walking up there he says, 'Oh, what a relief it is'. Andy Van Slyke
baseball gun thinking
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game. Andy Rooney
baseball hockey feelings
The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck. Andre Dawson
baseball fun cells
You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime. Ann Richards
baseball thinking people
People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at all. I think extremes are misleading. I think there's a problem and it's of modest dimensions. Andrew Zimbalist
baseball team eight
Baseball does have some slack here. When they were losing $20 million a year in Montreal, there was some pressure to get rid of it. But as long as they are [profitable] in Washington, there is less pressure. They've got eight bona fide $450 million offers to buy the team, and those offers aren't going to go away soon. Andrew Zimbalist
baseball mistake thinking
I don't think baseball can abandon the Miami market. If MLB does let that market go vacant, I think it'll be one of the biggest mistakes they ever made. Andrew Zimbalist
baseball player college
My daddy was determined to make me a dentist and a baseball player. And I loved my daddy but I wasted four years of college trying to do what he wanted me to do, and not what I felt I wanted to do. Andrew Young
baseball sex people
In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by anyone who doesn't seem to care. Chuck Klosterman
baseball games debt
I owe baseball all that I have and much of what I hope to have. Baseball made my entrance to the film industry immeasurably easier than I could have made it alone. To the greatest game in the world I shall be eternally in debt. Chuck Connors
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We shocked the world. A bunch of hockey players beat the United States. Baseball Canada is in ecstasy.
baseball boys should-have
A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball. Christy Mathewson
baseball heart player
If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that the can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting...It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work. Christy Mathewson
baseball fans
I'm not a fan of baseball really. Andrew Bogut
baseball boston yankees
The history of [Mariano] Rivera is pretty unbelievable. And even if you're not a Yankee or a baseball fan, you have to appreciate the tradition. He gets respect from Boston fans and Phillies fans, and I love tradition. Andrea Tantaros
baseball fun boys
Boys, baseball is a game where you gotta have fun. You do that by winning. Dave Bristol
baseball encouragement growing-up
Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor at Yale, and then, in time president of the National Baseball League. He never lost his love for the Boston Red Sox. It was as a Red Sox fan, he later realized that human beings are fallen, and that life is filled with disappointment. The path to comprehending Calvinism in modern America, he decided, begins at Fenway Park. David Halberstam
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These children are wonderful athletes, despite their disabilities. They love the game of baseball and know the Little League World Series is a big deal. They are very excited.
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These seniors have done more for me than I could ever hope to do for them. We have a good baseball program here, and it's because of these kids. I hate that it had to end this way for them, but they've definitely left their mark.
baseball behind fans giving good playing
These fans have been behind us all year, and now we're giving back to them by playing good baseball.
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The story of Latinos in baseball, to a large degree was started in Tampa. There was some in Key West, but it really began to flourish in Tampa.
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The story has always been with him that he's a sloppy practice guy, but a good game guy. He's gotten better at his practice now, and a lot of people talked to him about that, working on some drills. He's grown up a little bit and made his presence known this year in camp. Ron Gardenhire
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The soccer side will be heavily involved in camps. Baseball will have an everyday presence.