Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our baseball is not for-rent baseball. Our team plays for the love of the game, for the love of the uniform we wear. We play for the love we have for our country.

Our baseball fans are tremendously excited about this event. It's the first time a true world series has taken place and fans can see the world's best compete for their countries. When it comes to national pride everybody likes to bet on the outcome. This event will really go a long way in finally determining who the real power is in baseball.

Brian Giles

Right there, that's a big play. We can bust that up and still have the bases loaded with one out, we have a chance to win that baseball game.

Remember baseball? Baseball is just getting back to where it was before the '94 strike - and that's the national past time down here.

Pitching and defense has been the name of the game in baseball forever. I don't care what level you're playing at. My philosophy since I started managing has been that, before you can look at any other phases, you've got to feel fairly comfortable that you've got some people who can pitch and you've got to be able to catch the ball. If you can't do either one, your chances of being very good are slim.

Roy Halladay

Physically I felt good. That's always a good thing early on, having the health there. Then you got to work on executing.

I tell you, when you think about playing football, baseball, soccer, well, everyone knows how to run or walk. But skating is very unnatural. It's the development of that talent, then kicking the speed up a couple of notches, and it's just very thrilling.

Curt Schilling

I think I can help us win one, but if I don't get back and throw dominating baseball, this team can still win a World Series.

I think in a certain sense, we lost through history what it meant for a black Latino to break into the game. And that's partly because folks kind of looked at the story of baseball as two distinct eras, of segregated and integrated and forget about the folks who made the transition.

Tony Perez

I think he's just going through a phase, ... I think he sees that baseball is what he wants to do, what he loves. He has all my support, but he has to be willing to listen. What you say can't go in one ear and out the other.

J. J. Johnson

I think he's going to be a very good baseball player overall. He's got some things to work on defensively -- we all do. He's going to get it in because he's a hard worker.

This one is sort of celebrating the heritage of Negro League baseball.

This officially turns the baseball operations to you.

We are very happy to have two fine baseball programs like Kennesaw State and Georgia play here in Rome. This game will not only showcase beautiful State Mutual Stadium but Rome and Floyd County's passion for baseball, all while raising money for the United Way.

We are very excited to be part of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays family. Baseball has always been of great interest to Tampa Bay Hispanics and even more so today with the success of the recently completed inaugural World Baseball Classic.

We did a nationwide survey of tapes to find someone who could step in and do baseball when I was gone, and Bill was the guy we selected. It was obvious sooner or later that he would be doing his own thing. The broadcast business has lost a good one. It's just a shame.

We did a couple of little simple beaded tulle jackets. There are tulle blouses, tulle baseball jackets that have silver hammer work on them. So they're very sporty, but very relaxed and elegant at the same time,

We didn't make the play on the bunt and it snowballed from there. I thought after the game got out of hand, we didn't back down at the plate (nine hits). We just didn't get the starting pitching. In baseball has always started and ended with starting pitching. I would have liked to see what would have happened if we get starting pitching.

Chan Park

We didn't just play a baseball game, we brought together many Koreans. Each player is trying to win the game, but it's not only about the game. We're bringing Korean people together. I'm really happy for the country. I really hope Japan wins the championship.

We didn?t hit like we did all year, ... but that?s what playoff baseball is all about.

Jim Miller

We had our teams everywhere. The baseball team went to New Mexico State, men's and women's basketball went to the University of Texas at Tyler, the swim team was at Emory, track and field went to LSU, men's golf to LSU-Shreveport, the women to Nicholls State. And we cancelled the volleyball season.

We went out there and played good baseball, and we did some of the things we were supposed to do. Either team could've won that game. Unfortunately, it just didn't work out for us.

We wanted an individual with experience in the game who could serve as a mentor. On top of that, he's a first-class individual who knows how much baseball means to the area.

We like to tell everyone we can play baseball, too. We're not just a hockey country.

Both are rich in baseball tradition. Both are going to be well-schooled so to speak. Both know how to play the game.

Bringing a museum like this to Tropicana Field only helps cement Tropicana Field as the baseball capitol of the state of Florida.

Brian is one of the best defensive catchers in baseball and we're glad to be able to keep him in Washington for at least the next four years. It is the goal of any organization to sign, develop and then retain their own homegrown players, and this is what we've accomplished with Brian's contract.

J. Taylor

Brandon not only improved his baseball skills, but he worked hard in the classroom. He made many sacrifices and spent many hours getting better.

Don Cooper

The level of competition in Cuba isn't the same as it is in the major leagues. It's about Triple-A. Contreras went (to New York) and was expected to win right away and that wasn't realistic.

The last two years we've been hammered by graduation. It's a brand new team, a fresh start. If we get with the program, hopefully we'll play our best baseball in the second half of the league season.

The main thing is early we were playing good defense behind him (Bowers). He stayed smooth, and we hit the baseball is the bottom line.

The league is great, road trips and fans are unbelievable. There is no doubt that baseball is the No. 1 sport in Venezuela -- there is nothing even close. You have to deal with press here just like in the big leagues. The following is just like the big leagues.

Joe Queenan

Purists maintain that if you go to a baseball game you will almost always see something you have never seen before. Unfortunately, it usually takes place in the stands.