Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think Travis still has better baseball left in him. He could be a good catalyst for us in this tournament.

Jeff Conine

I think someone young with fresh ideas and a different style of baseball will be good for the team. Hopefully, it will be a good fit.

It is nice to have guys back that you have coached before. You hope they would teach the younger players the ropes and also how to be a baseball player in this program. They are nice leaders, now I just hope the others follow.

Tim Purpura

Last year, obviously we had two bites at the apple. This year we've got three, and we've got two more to go. We've got one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball going, and we've got another dominant pitcher going the night after that. So we feel, certainly, very well set up for it.

I was watching the baseball game on ESPN -- I can't even remember who the teams were now -- and I could feel it, ... You know how it feels when something wobbles and it gets to a point where it's not coming back? That's exactly how it felt and I said, 'Oh, no.'

I was about to start having people call baseball

I was a little concerned whether we could respond and start playing better baseball. It's not like we do that all the time. It's not one of our characteristics.

Nancy Cartwright

I will not re-transmit without the express permission of Major League Baseball

Brian Giles

Right there, that's a big play. We can bust that up and still have the bases loaded with one out, we have a chance to win that baseball game.

Remember baseball? Baseball is just getting back to where it was before the '94 strike - and that's the national past time down here.

Pitching and defense has been the name of the game in baseball forever. I don't care what level you're playing at. My philosophy since I started managing has been that, before you can look at any other phases, you've got to feel fairly comfortable that you've got some people who can pitch and you've got to be able to catch the ball. If you can't do either one, your chances of being very good are slim.

Roy Halladay

Physically I felt good. That's always a good thing early on, having the health there. Then you got to work on executing.

Physically you can say there's no problem. But obviously on the baseball side, there's a lot of work necessary.

Part of the reason that we scheduled them ... was to excite people in our community about college baseball. I think people are excited about it, and I think we've got a chance to have a great crowd and gain a lot of community support.

Bruce Bochy

Our objective is to get to the playoffs and play good baseball. We'll figure that out once that happens.

Our media strategy was twofold: target both the college & minor league baseball fan through strategic baseball partnerships with Rawlings, Easton etc; as well, we invested significantly behind online media to target the baseball gamer and baseball fan.

Our message is already out there from our international competitions. I think we showed people that baseball is spoken here, baseball and nothing else.

Jamey Wright

People need to recognize that this is one of the greatest players, if not the greatest baseball player ever. We should cherish the last year or two years or 20 days we have him. I enjoy watching him play.

I am a firm believer in the fact that a group of guys needs to understand the importance of 90 feet, that it makes the difference in a baseball game. These players will gain a strong realization of that.

I am going to Gulf Shores to spend the week with some friends. But I can't go until Tuesday night because we have a baseball tournament Monday and Tuesday. I can't wait. This is a big week for us.

Paul Quantrill

I am here because I do enjoy playing the game, ... I'm not sure I'm going to pursue playing baseball in the future. It's better for me to finish the season, be professional about it and see if I can't help this team. That's the real reason I'm here, not to prove anything.

Manny Acta

I believe that part of what the World Classic did was remind people that baseball talent comes from all over the world. There are a lot of people playing this game.

Mike Scioscia

But we're not going to get there if we don't play better baseball.

His velocity was still good. I thought it was a dominating performance. He showed a good fastball with good angles; his breaking ball was devastating, and I thought he showed a real good change-up.

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.

Hockey cards are on fire this year. Yankees' cards are always popular. I don't think I could ever make it if I just did baseball or football.

George Bodenheimer

History shows that baseball has grown as TV and media coverage have grown. Our mission is to serve fans and do it in all our media.

He's a very solid catcher, very good behind the plate. The pitchers love throwing to him. His head is always in the game.

He's been a great help to me, just being so young and pitching and the things that he's taught me each and every day I go out there.

O. Henry

He's done a terrific job from day one. Being the general manager of a baseball team is a very difficult job. Theo gives it everything he has in a very determined measure and selfless way. And he does it with great intelligence, discipline, honesty and humility. His record of results speaks for itself.

Hopefully we can carry what we did in the last inning to (today). It was a terrible day of baseball for us. Hopefully we can find some positives and come out and get a couple of wins (today).

Hopefully we can be playing our best baseball later on in the season.

Willie Mays

Hopefully, they can say, "There goes the best baseball player in the world." I honestly believe I did everything in baseball that a baseball player can do, and I did it with love.