“What I got out of baseball is what I have today, and I've got to look at that. I still see some of my friends that never made it past Triple-A. I made that last big step. I was lucky. I'm in love with my land. I got it all from playing ball. It gives me prestige. Someone says, 'What you got?' I say, 'One hundred and twenty-one acres of nice land.'” GivingLooksMadeStillsBigsTodayLastsPastStepsNiceLandLuckyHundredMy FriendsBaseballBallsGive MeTwentiesMade ItTwenty OnePrestigeAcres Author:Mark Fidrych
“The fellow who can pay only twenty-five cents to see a ball game always will be just as welcome at Comiskey Park as the box seat holder.” GamesPayFiveBallsTwentiesFellowsBoxesWelcomeParksSeatsCentsTwenty FiveBall Games Author:Charles Comiskey
“The night I turned twenty-two, I drank a shot for every year. I was so drunk, I'd just walk up to people in the bar and hit them in the balls. My friends drove me home and left me propped up on the couch holding a bucket. I woke up with vomit all over me. The bucket was clean as a whistle.” PeopleYearsTwoHomeNightLeftWalksShotsMy FriendsBallsTwentiesCleanBarsDrunkDrankCouchesBucketsTwenty Two Author:Jon Stewart
“Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” MenTwoEndsFunnyGamesWinningSportsSimpleMinutesFootballBallsTwentiesSoccerGermanyChasingFunny SoccerTwenty TwoFunny SportsFunny Football Author:Gary Lineker
“In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the possessions are gained by rebounding and after an opponent's score. Twenty percent come from opponents's error, and only 5 percent of the possessions come from steals and interceptions. A study of the way ball possessions are gained makes it seem highly impractical to base pressure defense on interceptions and steals.” WaySeemsCoursesGamesStudyBasketballPercentBallsTwentiesPressureErrorsPossessionDefenseStealingOpponentsCoachingScoreBasketball CoachingInterceptions Author:Ralph Miller
“To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.” MenTwoWatchesPaperBallsPaidTwentiesWoodsSoccerKicksInkViolinSoccer PlayerTwenty TwoSoccer FootballMotivational SoccerSoccer Is My LifeSoccer Ball Author:J. B. Priestley
“I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted was to be a good ball player and hit twenty-five or thirty homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit .280 and help my club win pennants. I just wanted to be one of the guys, an average player having a good season.” HelpingRunningWantedGuyWinningFivePlayerHundredSeasonsBallsTwentiesAverageClubsThirtyTwenty FiveBall Players Author:Roger Maris