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I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.
It's baseball. You've got to be the same guy every day, no matter if you go 4-for-4 or 0-for-4.
I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.
There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.
The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.
Basically I am a low-culture person. I prefer watching baseball with a beer and some meatballs.
I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport.
I love baseball. You know, it doesn’t have to mean anything. It’s just very beautiful to watch.
When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's.
This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again.
Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.
Babe Ruth made a baseball fan of me. I used to go to Yankee Stadium just to see him come to bat.
Don Gullett's the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
Correct thinkers think that 'baseball trivia' is an oxymoron: nothing about baseball is trivial.
There are some people who might look better if you smacked them in the head with a baseball bat.
From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.
Even talking about serious issues - it's hard to fit in anything around calling a baseball game.
A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.
Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost.
Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.
If you want to end darkness you cannot beat it with a baseball bat, you have to turn on a light.
It's a cold night out tonight. The Padres better warm up real good because it's stiff out there.
Baseball has a special place in our hearts. It is the game that shows us as we would like to be.
Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.
Mike Trout is unbelievable. He's one of the best players in baseball right now, if not the best.
I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.
People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.
The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.
Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
I tried football and got my ass beat. I tried baseball, and the ball knocked out one of my teeth.
I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.
I played baseball in college but I didn't identify with the jocks, I was in my own little world .
I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.
You didn't have to say it was gone. It was gone before it got outta here. It was going that fast.
I like football. I like baseball. When the pitcher and the batter start fighting, that's the best.
In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.
I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time.
I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.
When I got out of baseball, I got all the way out. I might watch a World Series game or something.
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.
A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed into two-and-one-half hours.
You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
The Big Hurt describes me perfectly-not as a person, but as a player. It's what I do to a baseball.
Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain.
I hope I haven't reached a pinnacle...I hope there's something more for me in baseball and in life.
If I could even do that [playing] in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball.