Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.
—George Carlin (1937–2008) American Stand-Up Comedian
We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
—Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach
You can observe a lot by watching.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
—Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American Baseball Legend
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats
—Bill Veeck (1914–86) American Baseball Executive, Owner
Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution.
—Hank Aaron (1934–2021) American Baseball Player
When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing…. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League Baseball Player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he’d like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American Head of State, Military Leader
I’m throwing twice as hard as I ever did. It’s just not getting there as fast
—Lefty Gomez (1908–89) American Sportsperson
You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
—Satchel Paige (1906–82) American Baseball Player
Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated
—Unknown
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
—Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American Baseball Legend
Traditional gag notice hung in offices and factories at a time period when all games were played during daylight hours
—Indian Proverb
What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game…. There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife’s fidelity and his mother’s respectability
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to Run forward! Bend! Scoop up the ball! Peg it to first! Then your body says who me?
—Joe DiMaggio (1914–99) American Baseball Player
Be on time. Bust your butt. Play smart. And have some laughs along the way
—Whitey Herzog (1931–2024) American Baseball Manager
The clock doesn’t matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.
—Herb Caen (1916–97) American Columnist
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal
—George Will (b.1941) American Columnist, Author, Commentator
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery
—Ty Cobb (1886–1961) American Baseball Player
A baseball fan has the digestive apparatus of a billy goat. He can, and does, devour any set of diamond statistics with insatiable appetite and then nuzzles hungrily for more.
—Arthur Daley (1904–74) American Sportswriter, Journalist
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
—Casey Stengel (1890–1975) American Sportsperson
I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
Baseball is what gets inside you, it lights you up, its supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. The HARD is what makes it great
—Indian Proverb
The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends
—Tommy Lasorda (1927–2021) American Baseball Player, Coach
Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
—Earl Weaver (1930–2013) American Baseball Player, Manager
A ball player’s got to be kept hungry to become a big-leaguer. That’s why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues
—Joe DiMaggio (1914–99) American Baseball Player
All requests for leave of absence on account of grandmother’s funeral, sore throat, housecleaning, lame back, turning of the ringer, headaches, brain storm, cousin’s wedding, general ailments or other legitimate excuses must be made out and handed to the boss not later than 10 a.m. on the morning of the game
—Indian Proverb
Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
—Casey Stengel (1890–1975) American Sportsperson
Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st American President
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice
—Casey Stengel (1890–1975) American Sportsperson
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