Quote of the day
Posted: July 23, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Babe Ruth, Baseball, Jack Kerouac, Literature, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, quotes, sports 2 CommentsLet there be joy in baseball again, like in the days when Babe Ruth chased an enemy sportswriter down the streets of Boston and ended up getting drunk with him on the waterfront and came back the next day munching on hotdogs and boomed homeruns to the glory of God.
~Jack Kerouac
The New Yorker
Quote of the day
Posted: July 15, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Ichiro Suzuki, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, Seattle Mariners, sports Leave a commentPersonally, I don’t like the term ‘success.’ It’s too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It’s usually someone else’s definition, not yours.
~Ichiro Suzuki
espn.com
Quote of the day
Posted: July 6, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture, Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Billy Ray Cyrus, Major League Baseball, MLB, music, quotes, sports Leave a commentIt’s like baseball. Life is like baseball. Before you can ever get a hit, you’ve got to step up to the plate. When you step up to the plate you’ve got to swing … And you keep swinging.
~Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus throws out the first pitch prior to the Detroit Tigers-Texas Rangers game in Detroit, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Quote of the day
Posted: June 28, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, Sammy Sosa, sports Leave a commentIf you have a bad day in baseball and start thinking about it, you will have ten more.
~Sammy Sosa
Chicago Tribune
Quote of the day
Posted: June 15, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Detroit Tigers, humor, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, Sparky Anderson, sports 2 CommentsJust give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I’ll win a pennant every year.
~Sparky Anderson
New York Times
Quote of the day
Posted: June 4, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, quotes, Roger Maris, sports Leave a commentYou hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.
~Roger Maris
Brittanica.com
Quote of the day
Posted: May 28, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Jim Thorpe, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, quotes, sports Leave a commentThe Yankees, you see, they’re a money team, they’re the class of baseball. You don’t ever bet against that.
~Jim Thorpe
The Sporting News
Quote of the day
Posted: May 23, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Alvin Dark, Baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, sports Leave a commentIn this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
~Alvin Dark
Quote of the day
Posted: May 15, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Babe Ruth, Baseball, Don Mattingly, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, quotes, sports Leave a commentHonestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn’t born until 1961, and I grew up in Indiana.
~Don Mattingly
Mattingly in 1988 (Wikipedia)
Quote of the day
Posted: May 10, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, humor, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, Ron Fairly, sports 2 CommentsLast night I failed to mention something that bears repeating.
~Ron Fairly
Seattle Times
