“The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.” LooksGuyGamesWinningRealizingDifferencesToughBaseballBiggerTwentiesLuckBuddyPitcherNineteen Author:Warren Spahn
“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
“It seems the baseball player of today will not be satisfied until he plays two weeks in the big league and is able to retire at twenty-two.” TwoPlayBigsSeemsTodayAblePlayerWeekBaseballTwentiesSatisfiedLeagueRetiringTwo WeeksBaseball PlayerTwenty Two Author:Joe Garagiola
“People know more about baseball players contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our childrens lives in twenty years. Think about it. People used to say, the whole time I was growing up, Do you want to bring a child into this world? Thats pretty dire.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWantYearsChildrenWholeUsedGrowing UpFateGrowingPlayerPolicyThis WorldBaseballTwentiesOur ChildrenContractsBaseball Player Author:Jackson Browne
“I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five.” I CanGamesLostFiveBaseballTwentiesTwenty FiveBaseball PlayerFamous BaseballBaseball GamesSandyGreat Baseball Author:Yogi Berra
“Probably the most dramatic change in pitching I've observed in my years in baseball has been the disappearance of the knockdown or brushback pitch. This is why record numbers of home runs are flying out of ballparks, why earned run averages are soaring, and why there are so few twenty game winners in the majors.” YearsHas BeensHomeRunningGamesNumbersRecordsMajorsBaseballTwentiesAverageFlyingWinnerDramaticSoarPitchingHome RunDisappearanceBallparksDramatic Change Author:Frank Robinson
“In the past I've tended to overreact. I was sure I'd be a superstar by the time I was twenty-one. Baseball messed up my plan of life. When I fail I get upset. Sometimes I get upset too quickly, without thinking of consequences.” ThinkingSometimesPastPlansFailingConsequenceBaseballTwentiesUpsetTwenty OneSuperstarMessed Up Author:Albert Belle
“He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance.” KnowsYearsChanceBaseballTwentiesManagersPlus Author:Ken Griffey, Jr.
“I had sex with a couple guys but it wasn't a baseball team. I saved that for my twenties.” GuySexTeamCoupleBaseballTwentiesSavedBaseball Team Author:Chelsea Handler
“Twenty years ago rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for IBM.” YearsYears AgoBaseballTwentiesYankeesIbm Book:Bunts Source: Bunts