Quotes about baseball
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It's been disappointing and upsetting to me because of the success I was having. Then I get out here and it looks like I've never played baseball before.
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It's hard for me to watch them go through this. It's painful, really. It's a great baseball town. A great city. Loyal fans. And then to watch them go through this. ... You wouldn't wish this on your worst enemy, much less an organization that you respect and are fond of. Raul Ibanez
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It's disheartening a little bit to know you can't make the difference, but it definitely teaches you a team atmosphere. It teaches you what football teams and basketball and baseball teams know -- that you're one of many components that make a team. Tony Stewart
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It's ideal for baseball, for providing instant photo-finishes in horse racing or off-side decisions in football.
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It's instilled in all of the guys in Lopez's program over the years. You always play hard and get after it. You have to play sound baseball and grow up real quickly. You can't use the excuse that you're a freshman.
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It was amazing, man. Being 24, I grew up hearing the stories, but I never had a chance to see this or that ... It's the history of baseball standing right in front of me. I felt very honored to meet them.
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It was kind of weird. I thought it was a bill collector. I was ready to hang up until he asked, 'Is this the guy who plays baseball at Fort Hays State?' Then I became interested.
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It was kind of a statement game. But, it's early. I mean, we can't get too overconfident because things can change in baseball in a hurry. You can turn around and lose three or four in a row just like we're winning three or four in a row.
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It means a lot. He's been to the dance before. Not in baseball, but he knows this feeling. His heart and soul is in baseball and he's told me many times he'd trade all his rings for a World Series championship. We're not only doing it for the players first in the clubhouse, but for Jerry and Kenny and everybody else. Jermaine Dye
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It made my day. (Garner) had some tough times (in Milwaukee), but he's done very well and he's a terrific baseball man, no question about it. I had a chance to visit with both Phil and Cecil, and it's always a pleasure. Bud Selig
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It's like throwing a baseball straight up into the air. Unless you're throwing it really, really fast, it's eventually going to fall back down on you.
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It's like some sort of ordinary filing system for the mechanics of government, as opposed to a symbolic celebration and insight into what the state is all about. We have more appropriate buildings for our baseball and football teams than we do for out seat of governance.
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It's going to be a tough opening month. I think most of us are just looking forward to getting the season going and looking forward to the challenge of it. Hopefully we can get off to a good start and play the best baseball right away because it's not going to be an easy stretch. Joe Nathan
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It's going to come to an end. We know that. We're not talking about a 23-year-old rookie. We're talking about a 43-year-old guy who has been there, done that. Eventually -- whether it's the next two weeks or the next two years -- this thing is going to end. So I'm just grateful I had the opportunity to play baseball with him. As a kid who grew up as a Boston Red Sox fan to where I am today, it's been an honor. Jeff Bagwell
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It's going to come down to the wire, ... There's a lot of baseball left.
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It's going to stay here in Venezuela. Everyone knows Venezuela is a baseball powerhouse as the Caribbean Series proved. Now, we have to prove it in the Classic.
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It's going to be hard, because he hasn't played in one year, ... I don't care how good you are, baseball is a game of conditioning and timing. But, knowing him ? he's so strong mentally ? you never know. We'll see what happens. It's going to be very, very interesting to see. Orlando Cepeda
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It's going to be great for the long-range future of baseball to have that kind of talent in those countries. To think that it's spreading around the world makes me more excited. Dan Wheeler
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It's good those players are recognized, because it means a lot for all of them, and for the Latin players in the Negro Leagues. We are grateful for them. Baseball has gone through cycles, and times change, and this has been coming for a long time. Armando Benitez
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It's fun, competitive, I am good at it, and you don't need to depend on any sort of team like basketball, baseball and football, you just depend on your skills and knowledge.
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It's easy to say you want a bunch of young guys. But no one's going to be happy whether you're young or old if you're not winning baseball games. The guys they brought in here are proven winners. They're leaders on the field and in the clubhouse. I think that's really important when you change the dynamic so much. Dave Roberts
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It?s easy to come out and play a baseball game when you?re picking up 18 to 20 wins a season. But you see what kids are made of when you go out when things don?t go your way.
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It shows you how good of a pitcher he was. He got in all that trouble, but baseball kept bringing him back. Ozzie Guillen
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It should have been done a long time ago. It's starting to look to us as if they are being forced to do it by baseball in order to look better or look the part. Jack Evans
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It's been a grind for us for a long time. We've been playing playoff baseball since April. Morgan Ensberg
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It's been a lot different. In years past, we focused on playing baseball games. From Day 1 (this year), we've gotten ready to win baseball games. We've focused more on little things, fundamental things. Ned Yost
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It's been our Achilles' heel all year long. We have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball and we just can't support them offensively. Ron Gardenhire
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It's gratifying to see how many people care about this organization and bringing championship baseball here. People care, they really care, and these are competent people that are part of this organization or want to be part of it. This is a hidden treasure here.
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That's part of the little things. Tonight we had the one big inning, then we just chipped away. It's sound baseball - moving runners over with less than two outs, scoring runs with sacrifice flies, not giving away at-bats. You aren't going to score every time you do that, but if you do it consistently, good things will happen.
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That's part of baseball. I was mad that I wasn't doing well, but I got over it. We've been kind of down (this season), but we've been on track the past few games. We're getting better every game. We'll be ready.
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That's our Achilles' heel all year long. We've got one of the best pitching staffs in baseball and offensively, we just can't support them. That's why we're in the position we're in in our league, our division and this Wild Card race.
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That's the farthest he's gone, and I didn't want the game to end for him on a sour note. There's a lot of baseball left.
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That injury really got me down. It took a couple of months before I started to feel better, and my spirits picked up when I was able to come back and play baseball last spring.