Quotes About Baseball

The playoffs is ? I think I took it for granted a little bit. My first two years I kind of just thought that always happened, I guess.

One of the things that was really attractive to me about Fox is they have the NFL, and baseball playoffs.

I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and fifty plus people have changed their minds about me since I became eligible, because I haven't had a base hit since then.

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

I don't really look at stats or whatever. You see them on the big screen. But other than that, I don't pay too much attention to it. I did know about my dad's home run total. Other than that, I don't like to know. It's pointless. Whether you know or don't know, you don't want to think about it. You just want to go out and play the game.

I got snubbed about eight times for the Mid-Summer Classic, and I know what type of career I had, and I know that I'm a true All-Star. The selection process is not very accurate.

A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game.

Greenies have been part of the clubhouse culture longer than card games.

You think about when you're kids and see these guys on TV, and now you're in the same clubhouse as Chipper Jones and Bobby Cox.

I don't want to be a Major League coach.

There's nobody as sexy as Robinson Cano in the box. I had a coach, Chris Sheff, who always told me to be as sexy as you can in the box.

My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way.

Why are baseball managers the only coaches who dress up like the players?

I love coaching football, don't get me wrong. But I just love baseball.

I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards.

That's the best thing about being an actor. If you're in a baseball movie, you walk away knowing way more about baseball, or if you're in a sci-fi film, you learn way more about Comic-Con, and so I loved all that.

As a baseball player, you know the commodity you're selling, but with acting, you wonder, 'What the hell am I doing that is so hot?'

You can't compare regular season to postseason.

I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in.

It's an honor to get compliments from anybody associated with baseball.

Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn't conditioned like he is.

I play in the congressional baseball game.