Famous Quotes & Sayings

The rain throws everybody out of their routine. Baseball is meant to be played in dry and warm weather.

Livan Hernandez

When they need a fastball, they hit a fastball. When they need a double, they hit a double. This lineup is different because there are a lot of contact hitters. They're playing good baseball right now.

Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way.

Baseball is the exponent of American Courage, Confidence, Combativeness, American Dash, Discipline, Determination, American Energy, Eagerness, Enthusiasm, American Pluck, Persistency, Performance, American Spirit, Sagacity, Success, American Vim, Vigor, Virility.

The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.

We may be the worst team in the history of college baseball with the bases loaded. We couldn't move them.

We look forward to sitting back at the table with minor league baseball.

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.

Ozzie Guillen

I think the only sport that really needs it is football. Baseball has been played for 100 years, maybe longer than that. They don't have it, and I don't know the reason to do it now.

Joe Torre

I think the one thing that baseball has always tried to maintain was the integrity because our game, more than any other game, statistics are so important. I think that right now that is called into question, and it's a shame in Barry's case.

I thought baseball was going to be the way to go for me. Now I definitely think football's my future.

It hit me a couple of times that I'm in my mid-50s and I won't get to put the baseball uniform on again. I know I don't look as good in it, but I loved to put the uniform on.

Ron Gardenhire

I think you saw a pretty exciting baseball team out there. We got some huge hits, big hits, and a huge inning that everybody was a part of.

I think the community misses him a lot. Not only was he a football coach and a baseball coach, but he did a lot in the community. I know its tough to replace a legend. ... You reflect back at how many games he won and how many lives he touched. He was a great person.

I think the big thing in coming to this baseball stadium, is it makes me like I'm back playing big league baseball again. We went to a lot of big-time parks and stadiums, and after all the big places I've been, when I come here I feel like I'm back there again.

Mike Schmidt

I think the Baseball Hall of Fame should take a stronger position on a lot of issues,

Gary Sheffield

I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is your life and everything else is secondary.

Alex Rodriguez

There are so many players from so many teams, I think we do have the responsibility to show that we're the greatest country as far as baseball is concerned. We'll lace 'em up and see what happens.

The only thing that makes me mad is it messes up my baseball card. I was consistent for a long time and then that comes up. It was a learning experience for me. I'm a stronger person. I had to be. I had to bite my tongue a lot. I had to keep myself going and make sure I got my work in.

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?'

Gary Sheffield

The only thing I wanted to see is that whatever takes place ... is to try to send a strong message that fans can't throw things or hit people or put their hands on anybody. If you're out on the street, I guarantee that same guy doesn't put his hands on me. So why should we be penalized for a situation like that because we're on a baseball field?

Bobby Cox

The only thing I tell them is, 'Look, don't give the other (expletive) team too much credit. It's a baseball game. Just try to win the game.' We had a lot of things go wrong. But my theory is, you got a game every day.

I was intrigued. One of the things we're trying to do a better job of is making sure we're relevant here all year long, not just in spring training and in baseball season.

I was looking for something to do this summer, and I enjoy baseball a lot. Baseball and radio are a nice combination.

Kenya has a lot of great runners. Being a world-class runner is the thing to do over there. It's like hitting home runs or wanting to be a great baseball player. Being a great distance runner is everybody's dream there.

I would think right now his only goal is to play for FAMU. I would think baseball is really in the back of his mind right now.

Alice Duer Miller

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .

Anne Lamott

Little by little, in telling Sam all these details, I got to see the bigger point of baseball, that it can give us back ourselves. We’re a crowd animal, a highly gregarious, communicative species, but the culture and the age and all the fear that fills our days have put almost everyone into little boxes, each of us all alone. But baseball, if we love it, gives us back our place in the crowd. It restores us.

Andy Pettitte

You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.

The conventional wisdom in that industry is that kids would rather play video games than collect baseball cards.

We'll shock the world. And when we do it, it'll be the greatest baseball story ever written.

Felipe Alou

What is their proof? ... Are they testing players, too? How do you explain that? Or have they stopped testing now? We just saw him hit five in 30 at-bats. So what's going on now? I hope that he's judged by the real baseball people when he's finished.