Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dusty Baker

Juan has a pretty good idea of when to run. There were quite a few guys who had green lights last year. It's just a matter of them running. I gave guys the green light a lot, but sometimes I was a bit upset when they didn't run. A real base stealer can run better when he feels he can run versus when you tell him to run.

I think it'll be a significant cut. I think they're trying to maximize the time they have as a monopoly in order to build a customer base lead before there's competition.

I actually wanted it. I guess the fact that I was working so much at first base during spring training, I kind of (cut) back my hitting.

Ben Howland

He didn't want to go. Sounds just like Coach. He's going to be fine, based on all the information we have. I was hoping we would play really well so he and his family could enjoy that in the hospital room that he was in.

Bruce Bochy

Greeney, it doesn't get any bigger than that. You're just hoping to put one in play and get a base hit there to tie it. That's quite a piece of hitting.

Roy Halladay

Half an inch either way, it's a base hit,

Joe Girardi

Hanley got the big base hit. It's a situation where you might bunt but I wanted to find out if he could hit to the right side to get him over. He showed me that he could and he set up the two-run inning as opposed to the one-run inning (with the base hit).

Guidance for 2006 and the long-term is likely to temper expectations, while potentially setting a base for upside.

Guerrero is not human. He is an incredible baseball player. There is now way you can pitch to him.

The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the weight on it. That didn't go as well as he was hoping, but everything else was right up to par. ... As he said, 'When am I ever going to skip on the baseball field?'

Andy Reid

What we had to work through was he also was our nickel linebacker. So you?re looking at base personnel and nickel. Now, Mike came in and did a respectable job in there. We didn?t have to change much because of that.

He's a gamer. If you're looking for a guy in the lineup in a crucial situation and you need a base hit, he's your guy.

Going back to her days as first lady, she has had a large base of supporters out here.

Going after employees at a business site rather than at their home is the most economical way of getting a large customer base quickly. But how will they unseat existing dry cleaning relationships that companies have?

Carl Crawford

He's been telling me little things about staying low and keeping a nice little base when I'm ready to throw. We're kind of doing the basics right now, and hopefully we can work our way up to where I can be just as fundamentally sound as he was.

He's been really unselfish for us. He's been outstanding for us this season. He's got a great on base percentage, and he started out the season batting third for us. But we thought he'd be most effective at the top of the order.

Bill Self

He's hard to guard because he's unorthodox. He doesn't have a good base yet. Guys can certainly dislodge him from certain positions.

Bobby Cox

He shouldn't have gotten so many base hits.

His presence was invaluable, not just for the team, but for baseball itself.

His our number one. He came in with people on base and threw strikes and that's what we needed.

Jeff Bagwell

Hitting is no problem, the question is if I can make throws. I'll give it a try at first base in a game in about a week.

Brian Jordan

Hockey is hot again. February is off to a good start, too. And we haven't even really got into baseball, softball and golf sales yet.

I think it's more festive and I think it's more of a celebration that winter's over. Baseball season's here, which means summer's here and it's going to warm up. It's more than just a baseball game, I think, in Detroit, more than any other city I've been in. It's like a celebration that the freezing weather's out of the way for the most part.

Russel Honore

I think it's going to be a lower number, much lower than the 10,000. That 10,000 was based at a time when we didn't know what we didn't know.

I think it's fun to see a guy get on first base then steal second base and score on a single. Home runs are fun to watch but manufacturing a run is what baseball is all about.

Terry Fox

I think it's good he's getting his base back together if something happens,

E. B. White

It could be a similar battle this year, but don't forget the line-out battle either, especially with Steve Borthwick in the side. Bath have a quality pack, it's one of their strengths and with Michael Foley on their coaching staff they're going to base a lot of their play around their forwards. After all it's been successful, why would they want to change it?

It could be a great thing to happen. At the same time, we have to see where he ends up, what the school's fan base is like, see what the fans think about him and make sure everything is great.

It comes from a time of optimism based on technology. It is a fake; it's clearly not an artifact.

It is a lot of money, but law enforcement with their experience and expertise is used to making informed decisions based on their experience.

Dusty Baker

It is a little strange to be watching baseball that counts at this time of year. I know our guys are really excited.

Fay Vincent

I think the investigation is the right step. I don't think the issue is punishment, I think it's: 'Shouldn't the players be called to task for cheating, even if there is no punishment?' I think baseball has to recapture the moral high ground.

I think the popularity of last year's throwers has brought more attention. It will bring more of a fan base to Aaron.