Ty Cobb:
When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.
Ty Cobb:
When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.
Bill James:
Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason – because some people like them. It’s the same with baseball statistics.
Joe Garagiola sums it all up:
Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.
Take it, YogI:
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
From Lefty Gomez, an underrated source of baseball quotes:
“The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.”
Bob Uecker:
The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then to pick it up.
Bill Veeck:
If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.
Gene Mauch:
“I’m not the manager because I’m always right, but I’m always right because I’m the manager.”
A little bit of Stengelese tonight:
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
Nolan Ryan:
“It helps if the hitter thinks you’re a little crazy.”