We’ve talked about having a swagger. But when you play .350 baseball, or whatever we played, you can’t tell yourself to have that swagger. You have to go out there and produce to have it....

In our beautiful memoryWe were all handsomeWe could all singWe all had the heart Of the prettiest girl in townAnd we all hit .300

There are no favorites in baseball. You can do it in basketball or hockey or any other sport, but in baseball there are no favorites. Our country expects a winning team and we are OK...

I would really like that, Betsy, to cheer and jeer and hoot and root alongside a band of brothers. I would love that. But do you have any idea how much attention you have to...

I’m out driving the kids to hockey or basketball or baseball. It was time for me to do something for myself.

God loves baseball. It’s not a real big deal. The colleges and pros they all play on Sundays.

In a proud fatherly sadomasicisticly way, I am thrilled when I get hit. As every deep purple bruise on my body represented a perfect swing. If I were to lift my shirt at any time...

The big thing with him, he’s really smart baseball-wise and so physically gifted. He’s like a man amongst boys. He has such bat speed as a hitter. He’s very aware of things, little details most...

Some men like to go in for polo, for example, and spend thousands of dollars on ponies. Some go nuts for paintings, and give half a million for a hunk of canvas in a fancy...

America’s Team,” and by the 1990s the Braves were the most dominant team in baseball.

Well, I wore a Cubs hat, … Remember, these are baseball games.

Baseball is to our everyday experience what poetry often is to common speech — a slightly elevated and concentrated form.

Their payroll is outrageous, it’s disgusting. I will be the first to admit that baseball needs a salary cap.

Its getting late early

MONDAY, n. In Christian countries, the day after the baseball game.

We have not played fundamentally sound baseball…we really made our own bed.

Seth pitched well today. It’s too bad we couldn’t get the win for him, but baseball is funny like that. Especially with this team. It’s tough to get zero against a team like us. Don’t...

I do what I’ve trained my whole life to do. I watch the ball. I keep my eye on the ball. I never stop watching.I watch it as it sails past me and lands in...

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

I told them baseball owed them nothing and wasn’t a fair game. I emphasized what a privilege that it is to wear a uniform every day. I challenged them to do something to earn and...

I think we played good baseball. Especially coming in there and playing these guys as tough as we did in their atmosphere. I just didn’t do my job today, but I think we’re gonna be...

I’m trying to cover all my bases so I can be a complete baseball nonplayer. I’ve already not bought a bat, a glove, and a bed to sleep on.

If we were bringing minor league baseball, people knew what it meant. Minor league baseball has 100 years of history. It will take us at least three years. I think we’re very much in the...

That was his game to determine. It was his baseball game at that point. You have to give him the opportunity to finish it.

I remember saying that. It was right around the baseball playoffs. I always thought it was pretty cool how a manager would send a pitcher ahead to the next city to wait for his team....

Check out my interview with Kostya Kennedy on themodern online. Sports Illustrated writer and author of Pete Rose: An American Dilemma. It may change your mind, one way or the other.

I think it will be great for baseball. I think he’s the greatest hitter ever…. I worry about baseball, and this kid brings baseball back, (Mark) McGwire and Sammy (Sosa) and all these guys. People...

I’m still going to be playing baseball, still getting my work in. The team might miss me a little bit, but at the same time, when we get back, it will be like we’ve never...

There is nobody who is more prepared or more intelligent about the game of baseball,

A major league baseball team is a collection of 25 youngish men who have made the major leagues and discovered that in spite of it, life remains distressingly short of ideal.

When you lose a couple and you didn’t play your best baseball and the runs aren’t coming, sometimes you might be pressing a little bit. But I thought our guys were comfortable. They were taking...

Nine equals eight … just ask any math teacher. Well, make that a Tampa-St. Pete area math teacher, one who also likes baseball, and is a diehard Rays fan, and who knows that Joe Maddon...

“acceptable” as my heroes if you will, because they didn’t want me being influenced by athletes who lacked morals. Cal Ripken and Dale Murphy were at the top of my mom’s list of players she...

He requests absolute confidence, patience and maximum focus. He’s not demanding a victory, simply that we play our best. Baseball delivers truth in the end.

Spring trip is great because it is a time to play baseball without the pressures of class. We get to pretend that we are minor leaguers by riding the bus and playing games almost every...

Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection.

Normally, I can watch a bunch of 9-year-olds play Little League baseball and spot the leader right away. It’s not that hard to spot. People pretty much are who they are. But I’ve seen people...

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

Owen,” Henry said excitedly, “I think Coach wants you to hit for Meccini.”Owen closed The Voyage of the Beagle, on which he had recently embarked. “Really?””Runners on first and second,” Rick said. “I bet he...

I?m so proud of these students. Some play baseball, softball or run for the track team, hold down jobs, have homework assignments each night and they still found time to raise this much money? Words...

He kind of grows on you, … He’s a good baseball player with good instincts. He’s already a major league outfielder. This is more than just a look-see. We think Curtis is definitely a part...

Lenny was so perfectly designed, emotionally, to play the game of baseball. He was able to instantly forget any failure and draw strength from every success. He had no concept of failure. And he had...

This area is good for baseball, and I know it because we were competing for the same kids against Marist, … We lost some of those battles and we won some.

They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.

What Cuba has shown to the world is not only that we could play up to par with other major leaguers. We are not professional, we are amateur. We don’t get paid for doing this....

In the winter, sometimes you get soccer rained out or early on in February, some baseball games. But to still have it rained out, it’s a little frustrating. It’s so hard to make games up.

Serving time doesn’t make you fit to do anything but serve more time.

The cardinal rule in baseball is you don’t gamble. It’s been posted in every clubhouse since 1927.

He’s one of the best in all of baseball. He showed that tonight.

I feel like a baseball player with his own field now. I’ve always wanted to have a dance hall.