“The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.” BoysBaseballLiftsBatsTris Author:Tris Speaker
“I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for that sum.” WantLosesTenBaseballDollarsChecksCigarette Author:Honus Wagner
“I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.” ThinkingYearsLooksHas BeensAmericaSportsBaseballExcitingMapsComing OutPastimeBallparks Author:Mark McGwire
“Ty Cobb was still fighting the Civil War, and as far as he was concerned, we were all damn Yankees. But who knows, if he hadn't had that terrible persecution complex, he never would have been about the best ballplayer who ever lived.” IfsKnowsHas BeensStillsWarFightingTerribleConcernedBaseballComplexesDamnCivil WarPersecutionYankees Author:Sam Crawford
“It's hard to get guys out when you have nothing to get them out with.” HardGuyBaseball Author:Tim Wakefield
“We know next year was suppose to be our year, but we didn't feel like waiting when we think we can win now.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsYearsNextWinningWaitingBaseballNext Year Author:Paul Konerko
“You saw him standing out there, and you knew you had a pretty damn good chance to win the baseball game.” GamesWinningChanceSawsStandingBaseballDamnStanding OutBaseball GamesGood ChanceDamn Good Author:Red Ruffing
“The most amazing thing I've ever seen was Jay Johnstone, in uniform, in line at a concession stand in Dodger Stadium after the game had already started.” GamesLinesBaseballUniformsAmazing ThingsStadiumsMost AmazingConcessionsDodgersDodger Stadium Author:Fred Claire
“I told him I wasn't tired. He told me, no, but the outfielders sure are.” BaseballTiredOutfielders Author:Jim Kern
“It was a terrible psychic blow... Ebbets Field was replaced by a housing project. How could a father tell his son where Duke Snider used to hit one? Point out Apartment 5Q?” UsedFatherFieldsSonTerribleProjectsBaseballBlowApartmentReplacedPsychicsHousingDukes Author:Joe Flaherty