Baseball Quotes and Sayings - Page 2
More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.
- Thomas Boswell
Any person claiming to be a baseball fan who does not also claim to have invented the quickest, simplest and most complete method of keeping score probably is a fraud.
- Thomas Boswell
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice.
- Casey Stengel
Hitting is 50% above the shoulders.
- Ted Williams
Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.
Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
- Satchel Paige
A baseball manager is a necessary evil.
- Sparky Anderson
There are three types of players. The ones who don’t know what’s happening. The ones who watch what’s happening. And the ones who make it happen.
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
- Tommy Lasorda
Looking at the ball going over the fence isn’t going to help.
- Henry Aaron
I didn’t get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.
- Wade Boggs
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
- Warren Spahn
It’s not how you look when you’re playing the game, it’s how you play the game when people are watching.
Baseball is all about getting scraps and cuts, if you don’t like getting them get off the field…
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
- Jim Bouton
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possible be – in baseball and in life.
- Pete Rose
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.
- Bryant Gumbel
Baseball is religion without the mischief.
- Thomas Boswell
It ain’t like football. You can’t make up no trick plays.
- Yogi Berra
The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
- Tommy Lasorda