The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the batter connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his […]
Baseball Quotes
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you’re in a slump. If you lose at the end, you’re choking.
Throw high risers at the chin; throw peas at the knees; throw it here when they’re lookin’ there; throw it there when they’re lookin’ here. (Explaining how to pitch to a batter)
If it weren’t for baseball, many kids wouldn’t know what a millionaire looked like.
Any manager who can’t get along with a .400 hitter is crazy.
How dear to my heart was the old-fashioned hurler, who labored all day on the old village green. He did not resemble the up-to-date twirler, who pitches four innings and ducks from the scene. The up-to-date twirler I’m not very strong for; He has a queer habit of pulling up lame. And that is the […]
You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become.
Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base – in both senses – greed.
Kids are always chasing rainbows, but baseball is a world where you can catch them.
