“I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to.” WantYearsI CanPlayThreeFiveComfortableBaseballGuitarDivorceStrikesFive YearsGoing Through DivorceThree Strikes Author:Buddy Guy
“There are surprisingly few real students of the game in baseball; partly because everybody, my eighty-three year old grandmother included, thinks they learned all there was to know about it at puberty. Baseball is very beguiling that way.” ThinkingKnowsWayYearsRealThreeGamesStudentsBaseballGrandmotherThree YearsEightyPubertyThree Year Olds Author:Alvin Dark
“I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.” TwoRunningThreeBaseballFellas Author:Casey Stengel
“Major League Baseball's labor negotiations involve two paradoxes. The players' union's primary objective is to protect the revenues of a very few very rich owners - principally, the Yankees'. The owners' primary objective is a more egalitarian distribution of wealth. The union believes that unconstrained spending by the richest three teams pulls up all payrolls. Most owners believe that baseball's problems--competitive imbalance, the parlous financial conditions of many clubs--result from large and growing disparities of what are mistakenly treated as 'local' revenues.” BelieveTwoProblemThreeWealthResultsRichGrowingPlayerTeamConditionsProtectMajorsLaborBaseballUnionsFinancialClubsSpendingLocalsObjectivesTreatedPrimariesLeagueOwnersParadoxNegotiationDistributionRevenueYankeesImbalanceDisparityMajor LeaguePayrollPull UpsDistribution Of WealthMajor League Baseball Author:George Will
“I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family.” ArtThreeRaceFootballBrotherGrewGrew UpBaseballHorseBoxingMartial ArtsBikeVolleyballRugbyThree Brothers Author:Barry Pepper
“The one thing about the music business is that there is no rulebook. It's not like the NFL or something where there's four downs to get ten yards or baseball where it's three strikes and you're out.” ThreeFourOne ThingTenBaseballStrikesNflYardsMusic BusinessThree Strikes Author:Zakk Wylde
“Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swings as you want and you know, sooner or later, you'll hit the ball.” KnowsWantWritingThreeFunBaseballBallsSwingsSooner Or LaterRewriting Author:Neil Simon
“That's why I've gotten so much experience at my age. You have three teachers next to you every game, and if I'm not playing, I'm watching baseball. You pick up little things here and there.” IfsLittlesAgeThreeNextGamesTeacherPicksBaseballLittle ThingsHere And There Author:Adrian Gonzalez
“I didn't go to school three years for nothing. It was something that was understood. Even though I went to play baseball, one day I would come back and get my degree.” YearsPlaySchoolThreeOne DayDegreesUnderstoodBaseballThree Years Author:Ryan Howard
“Three strikes, you're out. I don't care if you hire Edward Bennett Williams to defend you; three strikes, you're still out. Baseball is an island of stability in an unstable world.” IfsWorldStillsCareThreeBaseballDon't CareStrikesI Don't CareIslandsStabilityUnstableThree Strikes Author:Bill Veeck
“I played three sports in high school, baseball, football and basketball. Baseball really helped me a lot.” SchoolThreeSportsFootballBasketballHigh SchoolBaseball Author:Calvin Pryor
“When I played football, basketball and baseball, I was always a starter. I played baseball as the number three or number four hitter. Playing baseball, I was the third baseman or pitcher. Football, I was the quarterback. I was always versatile. It came to me naturally. It was always easy.” ThreeEasyNumbersFourFootballBasketballBaseballThirdsPitcherQuarterbackStartersVersatilePlaying BaseballNumber Three Author:Future
“People don't understand: I've always been busy. They think that, "Oh, he's too busy, blah blah blah...," but for me, this is how it's always been. I took 18 credits every semester of college, graduated in three years, took graduate school courses, played football and baseball my whole college career. I've never stopped, and that's where that phrase "No Time 2 Sleep" is always true. I get motivated by success, by winning, by being around great people.” PeopleThinkingYearsWholeSchoolThreeCoursesWinningSleepCareersFootballCollegeBaseballBusyCreditPhrasesMotivatedThree YearsGraduatesToo BusyGreat PeopleGraduate SchoolBlahCollege GraduatesSemester Author:Russell Wilson
“There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.” InspirationalHappensMotivationalSuccessThreeWonderWatchesPlayerTypeBaseballCoachingMotivational SportsInspirational SportsMake It HappenAthleticsBaseball PlayerMotivational Inspirational SportsInspirational BaseballLittle LeagueMotivational BaseballBaseball CoachAmerican BaseballLittle League BaseballSports LeadershipBaseball ManagersSports Stars Author:Tommy Lasorda
“Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer.” ThreeHollywoodBaseballIndependentHalls Author:Denis Leary
“Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain.” ThreeGamesWinningSportsCan DoLosesRainBaseballThree ThingsRainy DayFamous BaseballBaseball GamesFunny BaseballYou Can WinBest Baseball Author:Casey Stengel
“Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.” IfsWorldThreeBaseballStrikesLawyerInspirational SportsSoftballOrderlyBaseball PlayerFamous BaseballBaseball GamesFunny BaseballGreat BaseballInspirational BaseballMotivational BaseballBaseball LifeBaseball And LifeBest BaseballBaseball FansBaseball ManagersCrocusesThree StrikesBest Lawyer Author:Bill Veeck
“The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.” RunningThreeGamesWinningSportsKeysBaseballFundamentalsPitchingHome RunFamous BaseballBaseball GamesFunny BaseballBaseball PitchingBaseball Pitcher Author:Earl Weaver
“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” MenThreeSportsFieldsSucceedTenBaseballAthleteMotivational SportsEndeavorPerformersThree TimesInspirational SportsBest PlayersBaseball PlayerFamous BaseballBaseball GamesAthlete MotivationalFunny BaseballGreat BaseballBest SportsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsGreatest SportsShort Motivational SportsAwesome SportsInspirational BaseballLittle LeagueMotivational BaseballBaseball HittingBaseball LifeMajor League BaseballSpring TrainingBaseball And LifePopular SportsBest BaseballGreatest BaseballFunny Inspirational SportsBaseball LoveOpening DayBaseball HistoryBaseball Opening DayAmerican BaseballGood SportsLittle League BaseballOpening Day BaseballBaseball FieldGood BaseballSoftball Player Author:Ted Williams
“I think there are only three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music and baseball. They're the three most beautifully designed things this culture has ever produced.” ThinkingYearsAmericaCultureThreeKnownMusicStudyCivilizationBaseballConstitutionJazzMusicalThree ThingsJazz Music Author:Gerald Early
“There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.” ProblemOrderThreeBitsMy FamilyBaseballSeasonsGod LoveThree ThingsFunny BaseballGreat BaseballInspirational BaseballMotivational BaseballBaseball LifeBaseball And LifeBest BaseballBaseball LoveBaseball Opening DayBaseball Season Author:Al Gallagher
“Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again.” InspirationalFirstsHomeTogetherThreeCoursesGamesCasesPositionBabyDadRainBaseballThirdsSpreadDiamondPlatesBatsFoldsPinsPitcherFathers DayFamous BaseballDiapersNew BabyHappy First Fathers DayFunny Fathers DayCute Fathers DayFunny Happy Fathers DayFirst BabyHome Plate Author:Jimmy Piersall
“Well, there are three things that the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else. Build a fire, run a hotel and manage a baseball team.” ThinkingMenWellsMotivationalRunningThreeCan DoFireTeamBaseballAverageManageHotelThree ThingsAverage ManBaseball TeamBuild A Fire Author:Rocky Bridges
“Believe me, I would much rather get three outs on three pitches than three outs on nine pitches, because that's going to make me that much stronger at the end of the game. My pitching philosophy is simpe. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.” MenBelieveEndsPhilosophyThreeGamesI BelieveWalkingBaseballBallsStrongerI Believe InNineBelieve In MePlatesPitching Author:Bob Gibson
“Do not worry. Try to appear jolly and unconcerned. I have smiled often with the bases full with two strikes and three balls on the batter. This seems to unnerve.” TryingTwoSeemsThreeWorryBaseballBallsBasesStrikesJollyUnconcerned Author:Rube Foster
“I felt what I almost always feel when I am watching a ballgame: Just for those two or three hours, there is really no place I would rather be.” FeelsTwoThreeFeltHoursBaseballBallgame Book:The Summer Game Source: The Summer Game
“Your body is not made to throw like we throw. That's why you see softball pitchers pitching two or three games a day. It's a natural movement in softball. In baseball it's not a natural movement.” MadeTwoBodyThreeGamesNaturalMovementBaseballYour BodyPitcherPitchingSoftball Author:Jamie Moyer
“I made mistakes. I can’t whine about it. I’m the one that messed up and I’m paying the consequences. However, if I am given a second chance, I won’t need a third chance. And to be honest with you, I picked the wrong vice. I should have picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second chance. They haven’t given too many gamblers second chances in the world of baseball.” IfsWorldNeedsShouldMadeI CanThreeGivenChanceMistakeWifeHonestHavensDrugConsequenceShould HaveBaseballThirdsVicesMy WifeAlcoholBeing HonestGirlfriendSecond ChanceMade A MistakeMessed UpI Made A MistakeGiven A Second Chance Author:Pete Rose
“It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times.” BookThreeChanceFourHonorBaseballParagraphNolanStrikeouts Author:Rickey Henderson