Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.
—Unknown
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
—Warren Spahn (1921–2003) American Sportsperson
I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.
—Lefty Gomez (1908–89) American Sportsperson
Be on time. Bust your butt. Play smart. And have some laughs along the way.
—Whitey Herzog (1931–2024) American Baseball Manager, World Series Winner
Ideally, the umpire should combine the integrity of a Supreme Court judge, the physical agility of an acrobat, the endurance of Job and the imperturbability of Buddha.
—Indian Proverb
See the ball; hit the ball.
—Pete Rose (1941–2024) American MLB Player, Manager, All-Time Hits Leader
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 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
We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
—Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach
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 is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror.
—George Carlin (1937–2008) American Stand-Up Comedian
I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to keep playing baseball.
—Pete Rose (1941–2024) American MLB Player, Manager, All-Time Hits Leader
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
Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.
—Casey Stengel (1890–1975) American Sportsperson
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
Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose-unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction.
—Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet
You can’t think and hit at the same time.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
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
A ball player has got to be kept hungry be become a big leaguer. That is why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.
—Joe DiMaggio (1914–99) American Baseball Player
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.
—Ted Williams (1918–2002) American Baseball Player, Manager
If people don’t want to come out to the ball park, nobody’s going to stop them.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So… get on your way.
—Theodor Seuss Geisel (‘Dr. Seuss’) (1904–91) American Children’s Writer, Cartoonist, Animator
Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.
—Bill Veeck (1914–86) American Baseball Executive, Owner
When you step into the batter’s box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.
—Pete Rose (1941–2024) American MLB Player, Manager, All-Time Hits Leader
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate Who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away.
—Anonymous
You can’t think and hit the ball at the same time.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.
—Jackie Robinson (1919–72) American Baseball Player
It ain’t like football. You can’t make up no trick plays.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
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
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