Quotes about baseball
baseball player television
There was but one question he left unasked, and it vibrated between his lines: if gross miscalculations of a person's value could occur on a baseball field, before a live audience of thirty thousand, and a television audience of millions more, what did that say about the measurement of performance in other lines of work? If professional baseball players could be over- or under valued, who couldn't? Michael Lewis
baseball play red
The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.
baseball culture speak
Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
baseball depressing men
The sheer quantity of brain power that hurled itself voluntarily and quixotically into the search for new baseball knowledge was either exhilarating or depressing, depending on how you felt about baseball. The same intellectual resources might have cured the common cold, or put a man on Pluto.
baseball volleyball eye
Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The naked eye was an inadequate tool for learning what you needed to know to evaluate baseball players and baseball games. Think about it. One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks. The difference between a good hitter and an average hitter is simply not visible-it is a matter of record
baseball tradition profit
Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it's still being made all over the place, all the time.
baseball athletic terrible
I wasnt athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible. Matt Long
baseball careers league
I've been sent down to the minor leagues six or seven times in my career. You've just got to have that stability. It's huge. It's comforting. And it's reassuring. To be part of something in this world that's constantly changing like baseball, it's awesome to have your hope anchored in something that's so stable. Matt Diaz
baseball league enjoy
I'm just enjoying playing baseball in the major leagues. Matt Holliday
baseball play games
I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games. Matt Kemp
baseball stars kids
I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.
baseball athlete simple
Everybody used to say that baseball players can't dress and athletes can't dress. You know, a lot of athletes now are trying to prove everybody wrong, though there are some athletes that try too hard and try to do over-the-top things. But me, I try to be simple and just make whatever I'm wearing look good.
baseball long trying
If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat - I don't know how long you're supposed to stand there and turn the other cheek, so he or she can get a better angle at taking your head off. Maya Angelou
baseball team ideas
A team of giants needs giant pitchers who throw good ideas but every pitcher needs an outstanding catcher. Without giant catchers, the ideas of the giant pitchers may eventually disappear. Max de Pree
baseball silly cards
I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money. Matthew Modine
baseball athlete son
It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them.
baseball football games
You know that a given in life in human nature, is that at a sporting event, a baseball game, a football game, you never introduce a politician, is because he'll be booed. I don't care if he's the most beloved person in the world, its part of the game. Mark Russell
baseball jobs player
A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly. Phil Jackson
baseball games play
God has given me a lot of ability to play the game of baseball. Lance Berkman
baseball kids remember
I've always enjoyed baseball, but even when I was a kid I can remember viewing it with a businesslike approach.
baseball player choices
If you gave me a choice between being married and being a baseball player, that's a no-brainer. I would be married any day. I just love it.
baseball team games
Obviously, the only reason I'm where I am is because God has gifted me and He has seen fit to put me where I am. I have to honor that by using my influence and my status on the team and in the game of baseball for good and to His purpose.
baseball father kids
My father always told me that to be successful at anything, whether it was baseball or tiddlywinks, you have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to do more than the kid down the street if you want to be better than he is.
baseball stars uncles
My uncle Max was a mountain, a shooting star, a big bear of a man, a piggyback ride waiting to happen, his pockets full of candy and, later money, or whatever the particular currency of our ages happened to be. He was rock concerts, baseball games, he was yes when my parents were no, he was a consolation for every disappointment. Lisa Unger
baseball games levels
Baseball can be a game of peaks and valleys. Mentally, I want to stay away from the ups and downs and just maintain a level approach. Mark Teixeira
baseball play league
To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege.
baseball italian player
I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere and it's a great thing to have a world cup to celebrate the whole world. It shows the world that baseball is important and how great the game is.
baseball new-york kids
New York City is the capital for Baseball, not just for the pros, but also for the kids throughout the city, as well. No matter who you root for, the Borough Cup is going to make every kid and community that participates a winner.
baseball attitude people
I have a relationship with Christ. It allows me to handle situations better. It allows me to treat people better and it allows me to have a better mental attitude towards baseball.
baseball sorry opportunity
Baseball is a game of failure. There are plenty of opportunities to be down, or to feel sorry for yourself, or to be upset at somebody or upset at yourself.
baseball husband father
No matter what I do on the baseball field, no matter how hard I try to be a good player, no matter how hard I try to be a good father or a good husband, I can never do enough. I can never be perfect in this world. But God's there to tell me that it's not what you do, it's whom you believe in and it's Him loving me.
baseball play seems
If I didn't play baseball I don't know what I would do. It just doesn't seem right if I go a day without baseball. Mark Mulder
baseball growing-up lucky
I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn. Nick Johnson