Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marcus Giles

Running away with it is the last thing we need to do. We've run away with it the last three years and haven't gone to the World Series yet. I think we get a little too caught up in winning the division. We always want to pat ourselves on the back ... for winning 13 in a row. Let's see how many World Series we can win in a row, or even get to.

Right now there's a risk in signing any baseball player, whether or not there's been a rumor about him or not. There's a dark cloud over the entire sport.

Sam has done a good job for this organization for a long time. He is a solid baseball man. He has a great personality and is a very committed baseball professional.

Ramon, before he got hurt, was tops in baseball as far as what he did behind the plate and beside it. To have those two guys and me as an emergency guy is going to be pretty good.

Matt Hall

Professional baseball is a dream, but for what they (the Angels) were trying to offer, it wasn't nearly enough to get me away from a tradition like this.

Probably one of the best hitting hands that I've worked with in baseball or softball. She's got a little pop in her bat. She should do some exciting things here for a couple of years. People have already shown interest in Jacquie and Dore before we've even played a game, based on what they've done in the fall and what they've done in the past. They're trying to take them from me already.

People who don't like baseball say it's a slow game. It's only slow if the director sits on the center-field camera and waits for the next pitch to come. Our philosophy is to use close-up shots to enhance the action.

At this point, he's got football responsibilities. The next four weeks, I don't expect him to be around baseball much. Once he gets done, we'll have him back full time. He's shown he deserves to be on the field.

At the time, baseball represented values we were fighting for. Things like democracy and teamwork were so important for us.

Hank Aaron

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Jerry Reinsdorf

Double Duty shared such a love for baseball and a passion for life. We all loved to listen to his stories and share in his laughter. He leaves such a great legacy after experiencing so much history and change during his long life.

Doug's in charge of baseball operations; that's in his court,

Doug is one of the most highly respected executives in baseball and this extension validates our belief that his leadership is vital to the Milwaukee Brewers continued development,

Thomas Sowell

Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as individualistic those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.

This gives baseball more global credibility. But it's an uphill battle. It's difficult to unseat the more established sports in any given country.

Wayne Graham

This could turn Houston into the baseball capital of the world. Seeing Major League Baseball every day really opened it up. It enhanced the dream.

Kevin Millar

This division is where you want to be as a baseball player. There's nothing like it. It's like 162 playoff games.

Barry Bonds

This division is a little ... different. It's the first time I've seen this in the history of baseball.

Barry Bonds

This division is a little . . . different. It's the first time I've seen this in the history of baseball. But you can't take two games and start riding a white pony. You've got to keep winning games, don't look back.

Lloyd McClendon

This city is very fortunate to have an owner who's committed to bringing winning baseball to Pittsburgh. This city should embrace that and get behind this young team and give them a chance to grow and to get better...I'm going to miss tremendously putting on a Pirate uniform, one I wore very proudly for 15 years. I feel I have roots in this community and I'm proud to be part of this community." ()

Sadaharu Oh

This first World Baseball Classic is a great success and it showed a lot of positives to the baseball world, but I don't really know how the Olympic committee would perceive this success.

George Bodenheimer

This caps a series of comprehensive 'new world' agreements, clearly demonstrating that ESPN and Major League Baseball share the same vision - to serve fans through the highest quality content and cutting edge technology. Today, we have significantly enhanced the value of our summer cornerstone television programming with increased team appearances on Sunday nights, exclusive blackout lift rights on Monday nights and more game and studio flexibility to showcase the great sport of baseball like no other media company.

Daisuke Matsuzaka

This brings a lot of responsibility and a lot of pride. We wanted to show our baseball is at a top level. This makes us very happy.

They were looking for umpires to call high school games. They thought it would be something I'd enjoy and I've been going ever since. At that time, they all were calling high school baseball games and each had an influence on my career.

Jorge Cantu

They were hitting everything. We're doing everything we can. ... It was not our night at all.

Bud Selig

This is a matter of integrity. Baseball must confront its problems head-on.

Chris Adams

This is a disease no one talks about, ... But it changes your life. I never got to play football; I had to quit baseball because I was too sick; and when I got to college, I missed a quarter of my sophomore year and had to live with a feeding tube for a while.

Ozzie Guillen

This guy's one of the best pitchers in baseball and when you make this guy leave in the second inning, no matter what you bring in from the bullpen, it's not going to be better than him.

This guy is a brilliant baseball mind. And as you get to know him, you're going to see why I made the decision.

Brian Cashman

This guy has already been through the toughest baseball drama you can be part of. He lived through all of the extra scrutiny. He comes in here prepared for all of that.

Brian Giles

They smell blood and they went after it. We knew we had to play perfect baseball and we ended up making too many mistakes in this series. You can't give up all those runs so early, especially in a playoff baseball game.

Juan Castro

They've got a real good baseball team. For us to come to their place when they are hot is tough. But it's early. We've still got to go and win all the series we can, home and away.

They've always been that close. In high school, everywhere he went she was right there with him. Basketball and baseball, she was at every game, his biggest fan. Every basketball game, he'd give her a kiss before the game.