Hatherleigh - The Baseball Fans Treasury of Quotations: Wisdom from the Legends of Americas Favorite Pastime

It took one afternoon on the golf course. Had I known I was going to live this long, Id have taken better care of myself! Mickey Mantle They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes dont win many ball games. Fred McMane If you dont think too good, dont think too much. Ted Williams Ive never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

Leo Durocher How can I play baseball when Im worried about foreign policy? Charles M Schultz Ideally, the umpire should combine the integrity of a Supreme Court judge, the physical agility of an acrobat, the endurance of Job and the imperturbability of Buddha. Time-Life Books Dont name your kid after a ballpark. Cubs fans Paul and Teri Fields have named their newborn son Wrigley. Wrigley Fields. A child is supposed to be an independent individual, not a means of touting your own personal hobbies. At least thats what Ive always taught my kids, Panama Red and Jacuzzi.

Bill Maher Nobody deserves to go to the World Series more than the Chicago Cubs. But they cant go because that would spoil their custom of never going. It is an irreconcilable paradox. Bill Bryson Thats why baseball is more like life than other games. Sometimes I feel like thats all I do in life, keep track of my errors. Michael Chabon The New York Mets are planning to move the walls of Citi Field in order to increase the number of home runs they hit.

Call me old fashioned but isnt that what steroids are for? Conan OBrien The Yankees have blown a 10-game lead in the standings, and are now tied for first place. You can tell theyre depressed. Today, five of their players tested positive for Hagen-Dazs. Jimmy Fallon To be an American and unable to play baseball is comparable to being a Polynesian and unable to swim. John Cheever Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think. And the fastest.

You dont lose your momentum.... And there is one more important reason that I slide headfirst. It gets my picture in the newspaper. Pete Rose The average age of our bench is deceased. Tommy Lasorda I walk into the clubhouse and its like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers.

Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol and by the seventh inning he had drunk it all. Tommy Lasorda Ninety percent of this game is half mental. Yogi Berra Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do? George Bernard Shaw The way to make coaches think youre in shape in the spring is to get a tan. Whitey Ford Running a ball club is like raising kids who fall out of trees. Tom Trebelhorn I watch a lot of baseball on radio. Gerald Ford I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone.

The ball just doesnt get there as fast. Eddie Bane Third aint so bad if nothin is hit to you. Yogi Berra Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesnt score any runs. Tim McCarver I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar.

Bob Lemon The other teams could make trouble for us if they win. Yogi Berra We know were better than this, but we cant prove it. Tony Gwynn Alan Sutton Sothoron pitched his initials off today. Anonymous, St. Louis newspaper All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a doubleheader. George F.

Will The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller. Curt Flood Sure I played, did you think I was born age 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you? Casey Stengel, to Mickey Mantle There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither one of them works. Charlie Lau Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time? Yogi Berra As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fitand parking as close to the stadium as possible. Bill Vaughan A man once told me to walk with the Lord. Id rather walk with the bases loaded.

Ken Singleton Id be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball. Pete Rose Lasordas standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in the toilet and flush it. Steve Garvey So Im ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face. Yogi Berra Now theres three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain. Casey Stengel I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didnt know what a quote was.

I thought it was some kind of soft drink. Joe DiMaggio I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture. Bob Eucker The Angels could take batting practice in a hotel lobby and not break the chandelier. Bill Lee The coach put me in right field only because it was against the rules to put me in Sweden, where I would have done less damage to the team. Dave Barry The 1958 Kansas City Athletics lost 81 games.