Baseball Quotes

The more we lose, the more he'll fly in. And the more he flies in, the better the chance there'll be a plane crash.
- Graig Nettles

The most overrated underrated player in baseball.
- Larry Ritter, on Tommy Henrich

The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
- Casey Stengel

The story of the curve ball is the story of the game itself. Some would say, of life itself.
- Martin Quigley

The tradition of professional baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is, "Do anything you can get away with."
- Heywood Broun

To be an American and unable to play baseball is comparable to being a Polynesian and unable to swim.
- John Cheever

Trying to sneak a pitch past him is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
- Fred Allen

Twenty years ago rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for IBM.
- George F. Will