Quotes about baseball
baseball father son
It was a terrible psychic blow... Ebbets Field was replaced by a housing project. How could a father tell his son where Duke Snider used to hit one? Point out Apartment 5Q? Joe Flaherty
baseball curves giving
[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn. Jimmy Cannon
baseball drinking party
He was a parade all by himself, a burst of dazzle and jingle, Santa Claus drinking his whiskey straight and groaning with a bellyache... Babe Ruth made the music that his joyous years danced to in a continuous party... What Babe Ruth is comes down, one generation handing it down to the next, as a nation heirloom.
baseball statistics
Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base. Jimmy Breslin
baseball morning jobs
You see, the Mets are losers, just like nearly everybody else in life. This is the team for the cab driver who gets held up and the guy who loses out on a promotion because he didn't maneuver himself to lunch with the boss enough. It is the team for every guy who has to get out of bed in the morning and go to work for short money on a job he does not like. The Yankees? Who does well enough to root for them, Laurence Rockefeller?
baseball hockey player
[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player. Eric Gagne
baseball athlete golf
Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that. Eric Heiden
baseball games people
I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? That's the beauty of baseball. There is no time element. Eric Davis
baseball jobs
Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.
baseball cancer play
I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has touched as well.
baseball lucky four
I was able to get operated on four days after I was diagnosed. It was just a matter of getting this baseball-sized tumor out of me. I reflect now on how lucky I was to be in the situation where I could get the best possible help and treatment.
baseball cancer thinking
I was hitting .360 when I was diagnosed. I didn't forget how to play while I was recovering. I don't know if the cancer is gone for good. I don't think anyone ever knows, but no one is going to steal my joy for as along as I'm able to play baseball.
baseball games waiting
(Baseball) is a game with a lot of waiting in it; it is a game with increasingly heightened anticipation of increasingly limited action John Irving
baseball song thinking
I thought some of the stories were neat; I liked some of the liturgy and some of the songs. If you're a writer you have some inclination to pay attention. I didn't just tune it out and think about baseball. So, it had an effect on me.
baseball beneath cardinals celebrate combined embraced fans form history host league louis matter memorable moments openly played plays proud record rich spirit stadium treated
The Cardinals have played 39 years of baseball beneath the arches of Busch Stadium and St. Louis has openly embraced the Cardinals spirit every season. We are proud to celebrate that no matter the club's win-loss record or league standing, fans have been treated to a host of memorable plays and moments combined to form the rich history that is Cardinals baseball.
baseball cardinal clubhouse posted rule since
The cardinal rule in baseball is you don't gamble. It's been posted in every clubhouse since 1927.
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The clubs voted overwhelmingly in favor of the World Baseball Classic. It also has the full support of our partners, the Major League Baseball Players Association and the International Baseball Federation. The Clubs, the MLBPA and the IBAF all realize that the goal of the tournament - to grow the game and to increase interest in the sport worldwide - is in the long-term best interests of the game.
baseball candidate focus honored league positively strong
The committee's focus is on what we positively know about Buck, and that is he was a very important part of our baseball history, not just Negro League history, and he was honored by being a very strong candidate for election. Fay Vincent
baseball strong games
I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history. Rafael Palmeiro
baseball get-better reason
Baseball gets better for whatever reason.
baseball doors baseball-love
I love baseball, and the door remains open.
baseball dad hard-work
My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave a lot of his time working out with me, practicing and taking me to a lot of different games. It was hard work between both of us.
baseball knows
I don't know anything about baseball. Sean Connery
baseball team cities
The World Series is something that rarely gets to a number of venues in professional baseball. And that's one problem because we want the fan base of particular cities to participate in the World Series, even though there may be a lull in the particular performance of the regional team. Scott Boras
baseball mouths hey
Hey big mouth, how do you spell triple? Shoeless Joe Jackson
baseball men judging
God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.
baseball mother player
Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions. Sherman Alexie
baseball war believe
Believe it or not the war on Iraq is based on a sound scientific principle, The bee hive principle. Which clearly states that if you are stung by a bee, you should follow it back to its nest and then proceed to beat nest to a pulp with a baseball bat until the stripey little turd has learned its lesson. John Oliver
baseball games famous-baseball
There is but one game and that game is baseball. John McGraw
baseball men leader
One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.
baseball team player
If I had to pick the greatest team player in baseball today-and I have some of the greats on my own club-I would have to pick Pie Traynor.
baseball player names
I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.
baseball america people
We're proud of Venezuela and Venezuelan baseball. People in America don't realize it, but we've got 25, 30 million people here, and so many of us love baseball. This is a great place to look for talent. Johan Santana