Quote of the day
Posted: October 17, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Cincinnati Reds, Jim Palmer, Joe Morgan, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, sports Leave a commentI knew if I walked him and he felt good, he’d steal second. And if he felt really good, he’d steal third. That would be like throwing a triple. So I gave him a low fastball, and he hit a home run.
~Jim Palmer on Joe Morgan
Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan (Getty Images)
Quote of the day
Posted: October 9, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Babe Ruth, Baseball, George Sisler, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, sports, Ty Cobb 1 CommentThe greatness of Ty Cobb was something that had to be seen, and to see him was to remember him forever.
~George Sisler
George Sisler, Babe Ruth, and Ty Cobb (Wikimedia Commons)
Quote of the day
Posted: October 3, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, Ted Williams 2 CommentsBy the time you know what to do, you’re too old to do it.
~Ted Williams
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Posted: September 24, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Cy Young, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, sports 1 CommentAll us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock.
~Cy Young
Quote of the day
Posted: September 12, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Mickey Mantle, MLB, New York Yankees, quotes, sports Leave a commentA team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
~Mickey Mantle
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Posted: September 5, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Mets, quotes, Tom Seaver 1 CommentIn baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
~Tom Seaver
Quote of the day
Posted: August 31, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Chadwick Boseman, Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, sports Leave a commentSome people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back.
~Chadwick Boseman
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Posted: August 26, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Annie Dillard, Baseball, quotes, sports Leave a commentA baseball weighted your hand just so, and fit it. Its red stitches, its good leather and hardness like skin over bone, seemed to call forth a skill both easy and precise.
~Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard (Wikimedia Commons)
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Posted: August 19, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Baseball, Paul Gallico, quotes, sports Leave a commentMost of the men who play the game [of baseball] haven’t the vaguest notion of the miracles of timing and precision that they perform.
~Paul Gallico
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Posted: August 13, 2020 Filed under: Quote of the day | Tags: Ann Hood, Baseball, quotes, sports Leave a commentBaseball is in my blood. Like the light hair and eyes I inherited from my father, and the hot Italian temper I got from my mother, a love of baseball runs through my veins.
~Ann Hood
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