![]() Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball. ![]() A man once told me to walk with the Lord. As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit - and parking as close to the stadium as possible. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another. A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz. The majority of American males put themselves to sleep by striking out the batting order of the New York Yankees. Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time? - Yogi Berraģ7. The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then to pick it up. ![]() Unfortunately, neither one of them works. There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. When you start the game, they don't say "Work ball!" They say "Play ball!" - Willie Stargellģ4. Sure I played, did you think I was born age 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you? - Casey Stengel, to Mickey Mantleģ3. The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller. First we play, then we retire and go to work. There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer. Never root for a team whose uniforms have elastic stretch waistbands. All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a doubleheader. Alan Sutton Sothoron pitched his initials off today. If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it. - Dick Allen on artificial turfĢ6. You can't make up no trick plays. - Yogi BerraĢ4. We know we're better than this, but we can't prove it. - Tony GwynnĢ3. After Jackie Robinson, the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson. - Reggie JacksonĢ2. Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. - Hank AaronĢ1. I always left it in some bar. - Bob LemonĢ0. There's no crying in baseball! - Tom Hanks in A League of Their Ownġ9. Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you. - Yogi Berraġ8. The ball just doesn't get there as fast. - Eddie Baneġ7. I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card. The other teams could make trouble for us if they win. - Yogi Berraġ5. Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster. - Joe Adcockġ4. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs. - Tim McCarverġ3. Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. - Bill Veeckġ2. I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands. - Babe Ruthġ1. ![]() I watch a lot of baseball on radio. - Gerald Fordġ0. ![]() Running a ball club is like raising kids who fall out of trees. - Tom Trebelhornĩ. The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan. - Whitey FordĨ. Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do? - George Bernard Shawħ. If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base. - Dave BarryĦ. Ninety percent of this game is half mental. - Yogi Berraĥ. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation. - Satchel PaigeĤ. There have been only two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare. It ain't nothin' till I call it. - Bill Klem, legendary Major League Baseball umpireĢ. ![]()
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