We’re trying to get those guys that are part of the (World Baseball Classic) out of here early, so we do it in order of seniority and hierarchy, and Wheels is a senior member of...

It was baseball hell in Colorado. For some strange reason, we weren’t getting it done. Eventually, it’s got to change. The big thing is we’ve got to stay positive.

They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.

Pitching and defense has been the name of the game in baseball forever. I don’t care what level you’re playing at. My philosophy since I started managing has been that, before you can look at...

It?s going to be a special place. And not just for baseball, but because you have that whole row for the athletics complex. We?re going to have these nice new fields, something all the kids...

I probably haven’t faced a lineup like them, but for me, I’m not scared of anybody. They’re baseball players just like I am. They put their unis on the same way I do. It’s about...

In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding than baseball.

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven’t even caught on to yet.

They haven’t gotten to that point where baseball is the most important thing in their lives. They got other things going on and as a coach, you have to step back and let them live...

But Little League can be a great experience for kids, as long as they want to play–and don’t play to bring their parents glory.

Neukom, the Giants’ buttoned-down owner, finally found Ross and vigorously rubbed his bald head while screaming jibberish nobody could understand

Only one person can own any plate at a time. It belongs to the pitcher, or it belongs to the batter, Aiken, but not to both. You understand.

This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere. Eloise and I loved Kirby deeply. Kirby’s impact on the Twins organization, State of Minnesota and Upper Midwest is...

I have a clean-shaven baseball card from 1979.

You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his...

This caps a series of comprehensive ‘new world’ agreements, clearly demonstrating that ESPN and Major League Baseball share the same vision – to serve fans through the highest quality content and cutting edge technology. Today,...

Look at this. The baseball gods are still smiling on us.

The bullpen in a baseball park is the best place for matador training.

I’ll be sitting in bed tonight thinking about the crowd and the energy today. That’s what New York baseball is all about. This is what I want to experience in October.

Denis’ dad and Roberto Clemente were first cousins. Baseball is still our more popular sport in Puerto Rico, but basketball is really catching on.

Baseball players get booed sometimes, but if you get stressed out about it, you can’t perform. In order to grow, you’ve just got to learn to accept it.

(Baseball) is a game with a lot of waiting in it; it is a game with increasingly heightened anticipation of increasingly limited action

You just saw, … a Chicago baseball game.

Maybe that’s it. Either that or there was a flaw or defect in the baseball. I hit it hard but … I don’t know if I could take credit for that.

He’s got to suck it up. He’s the best player in baseball and he’s used to doing good. It’s a shame, though. You can see how much this guy wants to win. Every time he...

You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of man, who was born to sorrow, whose sweetest songs tell...

He pitched a great game. We hit the ball hard, but right at them. That’s baseball, but we’ll bounce back.

Ortiz is now synonymous with walk-off homers. After all, he hit a total of nine game-ending blasts from 2002-07. And that was just in the regular season. It was his blasts in the 2004 postseason...

October 1976 was the penultimate performance of Bench’s Hall of Fame career. All the early success and awards and accolades thrown in his direction had prepared him for this moment—when the Big Red Machine became...

Yesterday he talked about baseball. Today he played dodgeball.

Familiarity, and a few dozen cheap flyballs off the Monster, breed contempt.

The thing I write will be the thing I write.

Deep down, it’s all baseball, no matter what kind of geometrical shape you play it with.

I’d never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!

It really came down to deciding between baseball and soccer. Soccer won out because I enjoyed it more.

Baseball does become slow sometimes. It’s totally unnecessary. The – you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for some reason, we have chosen to play it slow, you know, which is...

Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.

Do I wish everybody in baseball had the same amount to spend? Absolutely. At some point, the disadvantage of being a small-market team is that the inefficiencies will be weeded out. Having less than your...

This is as good as it gets when you pitch, play defense and hit the baseball.

That’s the way baseball is, … I wouldn’t say he’s off the radar screen. I’ve been on both ends of it. I’ve been the guy coming up pushing somebody from behind and I’ve been the...

We came to play baseball. Like the slogan says, we speak baseball.

We came out a little flat and sometimes that happens in baseball. It is a sign of a good team that we finally came alive and started swinging the bats when we had to.

There are teams that receive more money from central baseball — between the national television contract and revenue sharing — than what their payroll is. That’s before they sell a ticket or a hot dog...

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

Troy: Why do we inflict this on ourselves? Ben: Why? I’ll tell you why, ’cause the Red Sox never let you down. Troy: Huh? Ben: That’s right. I mean – why? Because they haven’t won...

I’ve never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

My lifestyle wasn’t great in baseball, and I’m much happier now. After spending three years in the minors, getting a chance to play at Colorado was a dream come true for me.

That’s baseball. The team that doesn’t make mistakes wins the game.

If T. S. Eliot had stayed in St Louis, he would never have held that April was the cruelest month. Well, unless he was a Browns fan.At this moment, in the ragged middle of February,...

When I’m not at work, I put deep conditioner in my hair and wear a baseball cap. I’ll just roll around on the off-days with goop in my hair, and then just rinse it out.