Baseball Quotes

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.

Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.

Through baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

I've been watching American baseball on television for a long time, but it was only in recent years that, realistically, I've been thinking about playing here.

I hope I never do anything to hurt baseball.

They ought to create a new league for that guy.

Where I came from with the Twins, they were passionate about baseball. Through thick and thin, it was, 'Let's go.' It's something I have to get used to. I'm blocking it out as much as I can.

Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight.

I suppose, if someone was into baseball for an extended period of time during their formative years, they're always going to be interested in it.

Open your heart to a baseball team and you're liable to get it broken.

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!

Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here [in Boston] and I can't wait to be a part of that.

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with.

I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.

People ask me, "What would you be doing without baseball?" I don't know... super-sizing fries?

Right now I'm just trying to be baseball-oriented.

No, I've never played baseball in my life.

I hate baseball. It's dull. Nothing happens. It's like watching grass - no, Astroturf - grow

I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming.

Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.

If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion.

What a great hitch to pit!

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century.

There's a deep fly ball... Winfield goes back, back... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base.

All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

He can be lethal death.

Whenever you get an inflamed tendon, you've got a problem. OK, here's the next pitch to Gene Tendon.

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

It's a base hit on the error by Roberts.

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!

Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

DeShaies is like a clock out there. Every other pitch goes one way or the other.

Parker's grand slam is the same as going 4 for 4, even though he went 1 for 4.

That's the fourth extra base hit for the Padres - two doubles and a triple.

Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

I don't know about Willie Davis. He's not as young as he used to be.

Billy Almon has all of his in-laws and outlaws here this afternoon.

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

On the mound is Randy Jones, the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo.

And it's a long drive down the line to centerfield.

Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

You didn't have to say it was gone. It was gone before it got outta here. It was going that fast.

McCovey swings and misses, and it's fouled back.

Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross!