This was found in a publication the AARP-American Association of Radical Prima Donnas:
- Alan Sutton Sothoron pitched his initials off today. -Anonymous; St Louis paper
- All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a double-header. -George F. Will
- Never root for a team whose uniforms have elastic stretch waistbands. -Susan Sarandon
- There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer. -Honus Wagner
- Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work. -Charlie Gehringer
- The funny thing about those uniforms is that you hang them in a 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 Stingel, to Mickey Mantle
- When you start the game, they don't say "Work ball!" They say "Play ball!" -Willie Stargell
- There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortuately, neither one of them works. -Charlie Lau
- The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. -Bob Uecker
- Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time? -Yogi Berra
- The majority of American males put themselves to sleep by striking out the batting order of the New York Yankees. -James Thurber
- A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz. -Humphrey Bogart
- He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another. -Sandy Koufax on Roberto Clemente
- As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit-and parking as close to the stadium as possible. -Bill Vaughan
- Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting. -Yogi Berra
- A man once told me to walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded. -Ken Singleton
- I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball. -Pete Rose
- Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. -Yogi Berra
- Lasorda's 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
- If you don't succeed at first, try pitching. -Jack Harshman
- The Hall of Fame is for baseball people. Heaven is for good people. -Jim Dwyer
- So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face. -Yogi Berra
- He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus. -George Brett, on thrid baseman Jamie Quirk
- The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor. Cincinnati Gazette editorial-1879
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