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Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.
You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.
What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.
You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.
You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.
I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not being forced out. It is what it is. I have no reason to lie.
It don't make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I can play the full nine.
My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.
On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary."
He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).
Give me five players like Robinson and a pitcher and I'll beat any nine-man team in baseball.
You could say 'lame duck' or you could use 'free agent.' I think they are both the same term.
When you have good baseball players, you have a chance to win. And when you don't, you don't.
Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.
The doctor said I should do a lot of walking, so I walk to the mound nine or ten times a game.
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.
But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.
Be who you are. If you're comfortable leading, you're comfortable. And if you're not, it's OK.
Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.
First, there is the law. It must be obeyed. But the law is the minimum. You must act ethically.
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time.
I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway.
It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again.
Once you get the hang of how all this works, it's no biggie. It's baseball, man. It's baseball.
Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.
Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early.
Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.
The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.
I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.
Hitting coach John Mallee, he comes to the ballpark way too early for me, man. He drives me nuts.
Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
I always tried to hit the ball back through the box because that is the largest unprotected area.
Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried
I've been with the Yankees 17 years, watching games and learning. You can see a lot by observing.
In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
Teams can't prepare for me in batting practice. They can't find anyone who throws as slow as I do.
A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.
Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain.
I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.
The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else.
I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five.