Quote of the day

[H]e’s like a mythical character to me, because it’s such a long time ago and he was God to baseball. I shouldn’t be compared to him, at least not right now.

~Shohei Ohtani on Babe Ruth

WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 24, 2024 — Shohei Ohtani at bat for the Los Angeles Dodgers during a game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (Joe Glorioso/All-Pro Reels for Washington Times Sports/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license)

Quote of the day

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

~Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron, 1974 (public domain)

Quote of the day

On TV the people can see it. On radio, you’ve got to create it.

~Bob Uecker

Bob Uecker of the Milwaukee Brewers talks with manager Kirk Gibson of the Arizona Diamondbacks before the Major League Baseball game at Chase Field on July 18, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Quote of the day

You shouldn’t have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it’s baseball or it’s horses. You can’t beat the horses. You can’t beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

~ George Steinbrenner

George Steinbrenner, c. 1980 (Library of Congress / public domain)

Quote of the day

The reason I think I’m a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That’s what you do to pitch. That’s what pitchers have to do to win games.

~Greg Maddux

Greg Maddux pitching, 1994 (Joel Dinda / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)

Quote of the day

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it.

~Duke Snider

Duke Snider, 1953 (Bowman Gum / public domain)