Quote of the Day (May 1, 2013)

Pete Rose:

I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

Quotes of the Day (April 30, 2013)

I forgot to do a quote of the day yesterday, so here are two quotes from Satchel Paige:

“If a man can beat you, walk him.”

“I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.”

Quote of the Day (April 28, 2013)

Casey Stengel on the 1962 Mets:

“Can’t anybody here play this game?”

Quote of the Day (April 27, 2013)

Amazingly, I haven’t done a Yogi-Ism yet. Time to solve that:

“You can observe a lot by watching.”

Quote of the Day (April 26, 2013)

Mike Piazza on slumps… and the one man he thought never got any:

“One thing anyone can go through is a slump. Unless you’re Greg Maddux, it’s going to happen to everybody.”

Quote of the Day (April 25, 2013)

Today’s quote comes from pollster (and former baseball sabermatrician) Nate Silver:

Any one game in baseball doesn’t tell you that much, just as any one poll doesn’t tell you that much.

Quote of the Day (April 24, 2013)

Today’s quote comes from Jim Abbott:

“One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.”

Quote of the Day (April 23)

Today’s quote comes from Hank Aaron:

Failure is a part of success.

Quote of the Day for April 22, 2013

From Honus Wagner:

“I won’t play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars.”

Quote of the Day (April 21, 2013)

Today’s quote is by Connie Mack:

“There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw.”