Great Baseball Quotes

[stickymitts]

I know we've done this before but it's been a while. Let's try to find some new quotes instead of the same old, "It ain't over, til it's over."

 

Looking at Babe Ruth's website I saw a couple. I particularly like this one:

 

"Just one (superstition). Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases." Good superstition...

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Babe: "I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat."

 

How disappointed would he be?

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Waite Hoyt: "Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to pray, "God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth."

 

AMEN!!!

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Cobb: "When I came to Detroit, I was just a mild-mannered Sunday school boy." :lol:

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Unknown Author: "Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated."

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For HSSB...

 

William Feather: "A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time."

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Harry Caray: "Aw, how could he Jorge Orta lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico."

 

Geez, Harry...

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Reggie Jackson: "Hitting is better than sex."

 

Good call Reg...Good call...

[oldrambler]

"Think!!, how the hell are you going to think and hit at the same time"...........Yogi Berra

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Wally Pipp after Gehrig replaced him: "I took the two most expensive aspirins in history."

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George Brett: "If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out."

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"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical".............Yogi berra

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"it's never happened in the world series and it hasn't happened since"...........Yogi Berra

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Satchel Paige: "One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his (rear end) sliding into second."

[oldrambler]

"A baseball manger is a necessary evil"...............Sparky Anderson