“I have an Alka-Seltzer bat. You know-plop, plop, fizz, fizz, when the pitcher sees me walking up there he says, 'Oh, what a relief it is'.” KnowsWalkingBaseballReliefBatsPitcher Author:Andy Van Slyke
“They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.” GivingSportsBaseballBallsRoundsSquaresBatsFunny BaseballBaseball HittingBest Baseball Author:Willie Stargell
“The last time the Cubs won the World Series was 1908. The last time they were in one was 1945. Hey, any team can have a bad century.” WorldLastsTeamCenturyBaseballSeriesHeyLast TimeWorld SeriesCubs Author:Tom Trebelhorn
“I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.” YearsI CanTwoFactsSportsPlayerBaseballHonestlyGet OverBaseball PlayerFamous Baseball Author:Nolan Ryan
“I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world.” WorldChangeNaturalPolicyBaseballBeerGrassOur SocietyButtonsBellyFamous BaseballNickelsBaseball PitchingWorld FamousBelly Buttons Author:Bill Lee
“Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.” TryingHas BeensPlaySportsBaseballQuittingI QuitFamous Baseball Author:Whitey Herzog
“What they were doing was extremely wrong as far as I was concerned, and to this day, I don't know what I was thinking except bowl them over.” ThinkingKnowsConcernedBaseballThis DayBowlsFamous Baseball Author:Rick Monday
“You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different.” DifferentFatherBaseballCompareSimilarityFamous Baseball Author:Dale Berra
“The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.” IfsEndsGamesDealsPlayerConsequenceBaseballRoseSorryVarietyEngagedEpisodesFamous BaseballBanishment Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti