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The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.
Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach.
I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.
There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
I'd find the fellow who lost it [million dollars], and, if he was poor, I'd return it.
I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.
I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didn't have time to work out.
Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.
My job isn't to strike guys out, it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.
Baseball lasts as long as it takes. Like life, like love, baseball exists in real time.
Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.
If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve.
Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.
Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.
I’m always looking to improve. And every year I want to do better than the year before.
Watching a spring training game is as exciting as watching a tree form its annual ring.
I wanted to be a baseball player, but I became fascinated with wrestling as a teenager.
There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.
Baseball is the most intellectual game because most of the action goes on in your head.
A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.
You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball.
They (Expos fans) discovered 'boo' is pronounced the same in French as it is in English.
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.
His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.
If a guy is taking his girl for granted, he really deserves a slap, with a baseball bat.
You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.
When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat.
I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.
It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball.
I love sports. If I could be a baseball player I would. I just am not good at it at all.
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.
Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
I have never discussed a player contract with an agent and I like to think I never will.
In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.
I've only been doing this fifty-four years. With a little experience, I might get better.
If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.
If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
I had sex with a couple guys but it wasn't a baseball team. I saved that for my twenties.
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
A great catch is like watching girls go by. The last one you see is always the prettiest.
To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.
Baseball is fathers and sons. Football is brothers beating each other up in the backyard.
Finally learning his baseball history, on the topic of Hank Aaron and his home run record
There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.
Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball. He treated me like a damn colored boy.
He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.