Famous Quotes & Sayings

We know that St. Louis is a baseball town and the city loves its Cardinals. It wouldn't be right if the fans - the people who support the Cardinals year after year - were not a part of the voting process.

George Romero

We have two kids, so our family life is very sort of mundane... take the kids to school, ballet, baseball and all of that. I like to go see movies, travel... but I love being with the family... going to Disney or something like that.

We just didn't take care of the baseball or swing the stick it's been what has hurt us all year long.

We played pretty good baseball Monday. We got some key hits and for the most part, good pitching.

Pat Gillick

We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.

Pat Gillick

You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.

Mary McGrory

Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become

We had our best spring ever. The World Baseball Classic brings a new dimension. I think it's terrific.

We have the better part of five months of baseball to play.

Carl Everett

We were solid the whole time. Our pitching was great, we had great defense and it showed tonight. Uribe came up so clutch. He's the best shortstop in the league right there. Without him tonight, we'd still be playing.

Vinny Castilla

To know the whole country's watching you, it's going to be a great experience. Baseball in Mexico is not as big as soccer, but people love it, especially in the northern part of (the country).

Tony Clark

We've got some new faces and it might lend itself to a different brand of baseball. But until we get a chance to see it on a regular basis, we're not sure what we've got.

We've made our decisions and joined in a contract with Major League Baseball. We intend to see that contract enforced.

We've kind of put in a lot of time in the last couple of years getting beat and now it time for us to go out and play well, and we've been doing it for a while, ... It's been a lot of fun. We've just got to stay focused and finish strong. We control our own destiny. We're not going to have to depend on other people right now. We just have to play good baseball a little more than a week and see where we're at.

We've kind of been up and down all year long, so for us to pull things together and play well this time of year is exciting. It would be huge if we could make this next step as a basketball program. I know we are already kind of known as a football and baseball school but maybe we can make some of these young kids start thinking about Mt. Pleasant basketball too.

We have compassion for his position on where he's coming from, but we have a job to try to win baseball games with the team we have. We're not going to give the player away.

We have come to the end of a generation. Dan Wilson is the last connection to a team that saved baseball in Seattle. He will always be a member of Mariners family and we hope to come up with a place for him in the organization.

We're still trying to play consistent baseball and peak at the right time.

We've discovered now that our best chance, and the best chance for baseball in South Florida, is to get a building built somewhere and making it work. The important thing is keeping the team here.

We're taking things one game at a time around here. We want to keep playing good baseball.

We're really playing some real good baseball right now. We're doing the things offensively and defensively that it takes to win games.

Shawn Smith

We're really keeping it in perspective because baseball is just baseball. This is life. It's more important than anything else.

Livan Hernandez

My career is very important to me, coming to the United States and playing baseball. I love baseball and like the competition. This is my job.

Dave Stewart

Most black kids want to play every day. Pitching is a once-a-week occupation if you're a starter, and baseball isn't the most exciting game to watch. Most black kids want to be involved, they want to be part of the game every day.

Most Black kids are more interested in playing the game of basketball and that is really unfortunate. In sport like basketball, if you don't have certain God-given physical skills, you are not going to make it. In baseball there is time to develop skills.

Jorge Cantu

Mexico is in love with soccer. We want them to know how great baseball is. We want to show our people in Mexico what kind of talent we have.

Mexico helped me a whole lot. That is good baseball over there and it was a big part of my growth as a manager. I'm so glad I took the job there.

Miami, the Gateway to the Americas, could well be the first American city in 35 years to see its baseball franchise leave. People in Washington D.C. know very well how long it took to get a team back.

Billy Beane

Who knows how the rest of baseball views you? ... I can go home and sleep and know that we used tremendous character to get through this season.

We have only had three full practices. But we're right there. We just need to get back into the baseball swing.

We in the baseball community have been anxiously awaiting this for years.

Julio Franco

You have to do things other people aren't willing to do. There are a lot of things written in baseball that are sometimes wrong.

You'll see very discreet signage. It won't look like a baseball stadium.