Quotes for All
I posted some story about the Arizona State baseball coach getting into a fight with an autograph hound, and it was a disastrous thing. The guy rescinded his story. It proved to me that I’m not cut out to be a proper journalist. I’m much better sitting around and making fun of journalists and telling … Read more
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he’s timid. Don Drysdale
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 are men on base. Dave Barry
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. Bryant Gumbel
The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen. Bob Lemon
I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. Bill Veeck
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world. Babe Ruth
Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That’s baseball as it should be played – in God’s own sunshine. And that’s really living. Alvin Dark
Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don’t like it when someone’s stuffing it into you by the gallon. That’s what it feels like when Nolan Ryan’s thrown balls by you. Reggie Jackson