Quotes about baseball
baseball play odd
I play baseball and I like to read. What makes that odd? Scott Rolen
baseball funny-inspirational party
There is really a je ne sais quoi about turkey cooking - the air of festivity, the family squabbles, the constant basting - that does not apply to the turkey breast, which is, really, a convenience of food... A turkey without seasonal angst is like a baseball game without a national anthem, a winter without snow, a birthday party without candles. Laurie Colwin
baseball cry playing-baseball
I once tried playing baseball but I started crying. Thom Yorke
baseball dream holiday
My dream holiday would be a) a ticket to Amsterdam b) immunity from prosecution and c) a baseball bat. Terry Pratchett
baseball fun writing
Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swings as you want and you know, sooner or later, you'll hit the ball. Neil Simon
baseball games clouds
A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game. Peter Ueberroth
baseball lying mickey
Here lies Mickey Mantle. Banned from baseball. Peter Ueberroth
baseball skills watches
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch. Peter Tork
baseball self games
The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place, and the game of love goes on. Hold it, and the game is over. That is the difference between Heaven and Hell. Peter Kreeft
baseball golf player
The Golf Hall of Fame is full of players with unusual looking swings. Some of the prettiest swings you've ever seen in your life are made on the far end of the public driving range by guys who couldn't break an egg with a baseball bat. Peter Jacobsen
baseball games may
More than anything, it's a game of innocence. Politicians may come and go, but they always get booed at the ballpark. Pete Hamill
baseball morning kids
Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball. Pete Hamill
baseball tennis states
Tennis obviously isn't as popular as baseball in the States. Pete Sampras
baseball america records
Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States. Pete Sampras
baseball white worry
I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform. Pete Rose
baseball mind steps
When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball. Pete Rose
baseball wish firsts
I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball. Pete Rose
baseball eric arms
He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms. Pete Rose
baseball way ifs
The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me. Pete Rose
baseball car guy
Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet. Pete Rose
baseball giving-up block
If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime. Pete Rose
baseball girlfriend mistake
I made mistakes. I can’t whine about it. I’m the one that messed up and I’m paying the consequences. However, if I am given a second chance, I won’t need a third chance. And to be honest with you, I picked the wrong vice. I should have picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second chance. They haven’t given too many gamblers second chances in the world of baseball. Pete Rose
baseball games guy
What's the game coming to? Evidently the guys making all these rules never played the game of baseball. Pete Rose
baseball damn damn-things
I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing. Pete Rose
baseball games individual
Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game. Pete Rose
baseball play chill
It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now. Pete Rose
baseball player games
No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good. Pete Rose
baseball mistake team
I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game. Pete Rose
baseball stupid doe
You know, baseball's not stupid. Baseball does what the fans want, usually. Pete Rose
baseball night bed
I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball. Pete Rose
baseball motivational-sports two
With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions. Pete Rose
baseball suspended betting
I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball. Pete Rose
baseball want way
If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you. Pete Rose