Quotes About Baseball

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

I played baseball in college, and then I went to Russia to study acting and played some pro ball over there.

Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue.

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.

They say in baseball, your little flaws will stick with you from the start. It's just how you can maintain and minimize them.

Atticus is my little, crazy boy. I do not get to see him much because he lives in Cincinnati. But when I have any chance, I spend time with him. It must be true that blood is thicker than water because he even sleeps with a ball.

When you get on base, holes open up and things happen and you're able to find a way to score runs.

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.

Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.

When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don't take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn't know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don't talk about baseball at home.

I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.

Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.

But I got a guy on third, I was in a jam the other day in a game, all those situations, when you need a strikeout there, in big spots. But we are very aware of that fact, that these guys put the ball in play.

Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.

I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind of a respectful thing.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

What doing baseball means to me is it's a real touchpoint with my late father. This is what he did for thirty years. I was fortunate to share the booth with my dad for four seasons in the 1990s, so every time I do a game, it's a way to honor him.

I live for the Red Sox. I thoroughly enjoy them. For whatever reason, baseball has been a lot more fun for me in recent years. I loosely follow the Patriots and I root for them. I loosely follow the Celtics and then it gets to playoff time and I don't miss a game. Same with the Bruins. I'm not the diehard fan anymore.

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.

Even though it feels like you are so far away from the big leagues, my love for the game kept me motivated to get through the hard times in the minors.