Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're very appreciative of them understanding what Cardinal baseball means to the station right now as we try to establish them with us.

We scored early, but the bats kind of fell silent in the middle of the game. They take their baseball seriously. It was fun to go over there and play them.

We don't want to see a game of this importance decided like this, but sometimes the baseball gods are unkind to you.

Joe Girardi

You go from being excited to panicking a little bit when a guy slides into him. Your emotions can get a little wavy. For me, being a baseball player, it's just exciting to watch what kids can do. When you think about it, he probably should be a junior in college.

You have to recognize that you have a chance to have a special place in baseball history, so you're going about it for more than just the moment or the money or the stats or the attention. I think that will be the key for some of these really terrific young pitchers. You have to be really good, and at some point you have to dedicate yourself to your place in baseball history.

David Wright

You look at it, you've got to take one game at a time and play good baseball. Yes, we started hot, but there have been a ton of teams that start hot, then they go into a drought after that. So we have to stay focused and continue doing what we're doing.

Mark Ellis

You look at Frank's numbers and he's amazing. He's already a presence around here. You couldn't be a baseball fan in the '90s and not follow Frank Thomas. He's as good as there was in the game.

Paul Broun

There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns.

Sandy Alderson

To me it will be one more of those esoteric statistics, one more of those historic footnotes that make baseball so great, because it is unpredictable,

Ichiro Suzuki

To be honest, I never imagined we'd get there. We had a great team, the best. I hope we showed everyone what a great sport baseball is.

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

This officially turns the baseball operations to you.

The boys today, they play little baseball outside organized practices and things like that.

Avery has worked extremely hard. We're just trying to create some offense. He has won an opportunity to play. He's a baseball player. He's the kind of guy I like to be around.

At school, I was the only guy who played baseball. Everyone thought I was a little different. There are a lot of people who can play baseball out there.

Jamie Bamber

Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible.

Ron Gardenhire

As long as I'm running this baseball team, we will play this game with respect.

That's why I have a hard time believing the season will be canceled. The owners are smart businessmen. If it gets canceled, you don't even know how long it'll last because I doubt anything would happen over the summer. I think the players understand hockey isn't baseball or football or basketball. But I don't know where it goes from here.

Ron Gardenhire

That's your shining light right now. Maybe this is a cure all. Maybe we'll come home and play better baseball. Sometime we are going to have to figure out a way to play better on the road, too, but first come home and play good baseball and then go from there.

That's just love coming out. He's just happy to be on the baseball field. He's been out long enough. For him to take this gig -- he didn't have to -- that shows his love for the game. When the love of the game calls you, you're going to find a way to get back into it.

That's just baseball. The way we came out today, you can't explain it. A couple of hits went our way, and it turned into a big game for us.

That's not in the cards, for the same reason a baseball player doesn't have the same bat as any other player. It's personal equipment suited to each player.

Tim Hudson

That's how baseball is, ... It's one of those games where I didn't pitch good enough and we didn't hit good enough. The young guy over there did a great job.

Geoff Blum

That's helping me keep my sanity, knowing I faced decent pitchers.

Those steals are a product of our press. I'm kind of like a center fielder in baseball. I'm reading the point guard and anticipating. With the exception of the second quarter, we played great defense.

This team is probably the loosest I've played on. Coach does a great job of keeping us loose. We play baseball at practice. He dances, claps, sings, and we all rally around that. There was no tension around the team.

Livan Hernandez

This team is excited, ... You play baseball like that. A lot of teams, the Marlins play like that and enjoy the game. This team is the same way.

Ichiro Suzuki

This was the most humiliating day of my baseball career.

This was such a big game. This is what Florida State baseball is all about. It was so much fun. What else can I say?

Dave Roberts

This was a very big game for us. We don't want to scoreboard watch too much, but we knew the Giants had won (in Washington). Jake is our staff ace, and he is our stopper. When he takes the mound, we expect to win baseball games.

Paul Brooks

We have a baseball-rich tradition in the community and have a pretty good group of players out.

Bernie Sanders

Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera. The times are too serious for that.

Bernie Sanders

Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions of people in the country who are hurting.