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Major League Baseball is the best league in the world, full of capable hitters up and down every single lineup. ~ Ron Darling
Major League Baseball quotes by Ron Darling
Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue. ~ Jay Leno
Major League Baseball quotes by Jay Leno
Then it dawned on him: these people were hanging around to see the man who was taking on the challenge of breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. That settled it - he wouldn't quit the team. He couldn't quit the team. ~ Doreen Rappaport
Major League Baseball quotes by Doreen Rappaport
Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both. ~ Graig Nettles
Major League Baseball quotes by Graig Nettles
The day Mother Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? killed Father The Outlaw Josey Wales, they were arguing again about the Pre-Reddening game of Major League Baseball. ~ Nick DiChario
Major League Baseball quotes by Nick DiChario
When you see Major League Baseball putting academies in other countries, obviously that throws up a red flag. You wonder why they ain't going up in our neighborhood. Bottom line, what I see, I talk about ... I see it over and over. If anybody can show me I'm wrong, then show me. ~ Gary Sheffield
Major League Baseball quotes by Gary Sheffield
Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's. ~ Carlos Beltran
Major League Baseball quotes by Carlos Beltran
Vagisil. Any one of them will give you another two to three inches drop on your curve ball. Of course if the umps are watching me real close I'll rub a little jalapeno up my nose, get it runnin', and if I need to load the ball up I just ... (wipes his nose) ~ Eddie Harris
Major League Baseball quotes by Eddie Harris
The Indians franchise is more than a century old. It's been called the Blues, the Bronchos, and the Naps. It's also been called a lot worse during hard times when the team wasn't winning. ~ Tucker Elliot
Major League Baseball quotes by Tucker Elliot
My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball. ~ Derek Jeter
Major League Baseball quotes by Derek Jeter
The positive psychology field has taught us about the benefits of optimism and happiness. One study correlated the life spans of Major League Baseball players with their smiles. In 2010, researchers Ernest Abel and Michael Kruger analyzed 230 baseball cards from 1952, a time when cards featured athletes looking straight at the camera. The results will make you want to smile.
* Players not smiling had an average life span of 72.9 years.
* Players partially smiling had an average life span of 75.0 years.
* Players with a full smile had an average life span of 79.9 years. ~ Jim Afremow
Major League Baseball quotes by Jim Afremow
Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come. ~ Jennie Finch
Major League Baseball quotes by Jennie Finch
Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth. ~ Bud Selig
Major League Baseball quotes by Bud Selig
You can learn a lot from a professional baseball player, if you can get one, which obviously you can't. ~ Dimitra Ekmektsis
Major League Baseball quotes by Dimitra Ekmektsis
I played on the 2001 team, the team that won the most games in the history of Major League Baseball and also I played on one of the worst teams of Major League Baseball. ~ Ichiro Suzuki
Major League Baseball quotes by Ichiro Suzuki
Major League Baseball has prostate awareness for two weeks leading up to Father's Day, and I want to get involved in that. ~ Steve Garvey
Major League Baseball quotes by Steve Garvey
The conservatives won. They turned the Democrats into a center-right party. They got the entire country singing 'God Bless America,' stress on God, at every single major-league baseball game. They won on every fucking front, but they especially won culturally, and especially regarding babies. In 1970 it was cool to care about the planet's future and not have kids. Now the one thing everyone agrees on, right and left, is that it's beautiful to have a lot of babies. The more the better. Kate Winslet is pregnant, hooray hooray. Some dimwit in Iowa just had octuplets, hooray hooray. The conversation about the idiocy of SUV's stops dead the minute people say they're buying them to protect their precious babies. (221) ~ Jonathan Franzen
Major League Baseball quotes by Jonathan Franzen
My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive. ~ Jose Canseco
Major League Baseball quotes by Jose Canseco
Major League Baseball has the best idea of all. Three years before they'll take a kid out of college, then they have a minor league system that they put the kids in. I'm sure that if the NBA followed the same thing, there would be a lot of kids in a minor league system that still were not good enough to play in the major NBA. ~ Bobby Knight
Major League Baseball quotes by Bobby Knight
The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game. ~ Chuck Tanner
Major League Baseball quotes by Chuck Tanner
This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere. I loved Kirby deeply. A tremendous teammate, Kirby will always be remembered for his never-ending hustle, infectious personality, trademark smile and commitment to the community. ~ Carl Pohlad
Major League Baseball quotes by Carl Pohlad
Sometimes are feats aren't so fabulous, they're just dubious - but either way, they're fun to talk about. ~ Tucker Elliot
Major League Baseball quotes by Tucker Elliot
I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player. ~ Bryce Harper
Major League Baseball quotes by Bryce Harper
There were never a lot of attacks on my work. We were building more parks than were ever built in the city, building more recreation centers, fixing more streets. We had national events, the Super Bowl, the (Major League Baseball) All-Star game, Final Four. We built seven hotels. The city hadn't built a hotel in 20 or more years. ~ Kwame Kilpatrick
Major League Baseball quotes by Kwame Kilpatrick
There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch. ~ Katie Uhlaender
Major League Baseball quotes by Katie Uhlaender
I remember I thought I should become a doctor, even though I had no talent for science whatsoever. Then of course, until I was about sixteen, I thought I might have a shot as a major league baseball player. But once I hit my full adolescence I lost all interest in that. I discovered, in rapid succession, books, girls, alcohol and tobacco, and I've never turned back. Those are the four things I'm most interested in. ~ Paul Auster
Major League Baseball quotes by Paul Auster
Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money. ~ Joe Torre
Major League Baseball quotes by Joe Torre
The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball. ~ Eddie Vedder
Major League Baseball quotes by Eddie Vedder
Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything - even spikes on a new pair of shoes - but they will eventually ... they are bound to. ~ Branch Rickey
Major League Baseball quotes by Branch Rickey
I don't know how long we talked about that game the first time my dad showed me the ticket stub. He admitted he hadn't even been sure that he still had it, that he was surprised when he'd been able to find it. But we've spent hours and hours and hours talking about it since. And it's pretty amazing, because that ticket stub sat in a box for two decades - once it let my dad into a stadium to see a baseball game, and then later, it let me into my dad's world, into his past, to learn about the man who taught me to love a game so passionately that it shaped nearly every aspect of my life. ~ Tucker Elliot
Major League Baseball quotes by Tucker Elliot
Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered "hit by pitch," and would be eligible to advance to first base. ~ Randall Munroe
Major League Baseball quotes by Randall Munroe
Baseball in the Negro Leagues was a little bit rougher, a little bit sweeter, a little bit faster, a little bit cooler, and a little bit more fun than anything... in Major League baseball. ~ Joe Posnanski
Major League Baseball quotes by Joe Posnanski
As early as 1999, Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. ("Bud") Selig had taken to calling the Oakland A's success "an aberration," but that was less an explanation than an excuse not to grapple with the question: how'd they do it? What was their secret? ~ Michael Lewis
Major League Baseball quotes by Michael Lewis
While I'm no Major League Baseball prospect, I have thrown a few no-hitters in my day. And not only were there no hitters, there was also nobody there to catch. ~ Jarod Kintz
Major League Baseball quotes by Jarod Kintz
My dream was to play Major League baseball. I've lived that dream. ~ Scott Rolen
Major League Baseball quotes by Scott Rolen
Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball. ~ Jim Evans
Major League Baseball quotes by Jim Evans
The Cubs are a major league baseball team based in Chicago. Apparently, the team was once cursed by a goat and is doomed now to never win the World Series. The 71 seats [auctioned by the Chicago Board of Exchange] are adjacent to the Cubs' dugout on the third-base line. This is an unnecessary detail needed to give color to what would otherwise be a dull and uninspiring narrative. ~ Rakesh V. Vohra
Major League Baseball quotes by Rakesh V. Vohra
Major league baseball players and owners should meet immediately to enact the standards that apply to the minor leagues, and if they don't, I will have to introduce legislation that says professional sports will have minimum standards for testing. I'll give them until January, and then I'll introduce legislation. ~ John McCain
Major League Baseball quotes by John McCain
The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.' ~ Malcolm Gladwell
Major League Baseball quotes by Malcolm Gladwell
Joe DiMaggio batted safely in 56 consecutive games in 1941, the same season Ted Williams batted .406 - but did you know that also in 1941, Jeff Heath, an outfielder who spent a decade playing for the Indians, became the first player in AL history to hit 20 doubles, 20 triples, and 20 home runs in the same season? It's true. ~ Tucker Elliot
Major League Baseball quotes by Tucker Elliot
A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload. ~ David Cone
Major League Baseball quotes by David Cone
I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves. ~ Barry Bonds
Major League Baseball quotes by Barry Bonds
Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues. ~ Jerry Coleman
Major League Baseball quotes by Jerry Coleman
High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game. ~ Jim Bouton
Major League Baseball quotes by Jim Bouton
When you start out in this business, the Hall of Fame is not what you're thinking about. You think all you want to do is make it to the major leagues. That's your goal, and that's your ambition as a broadcaster, just as it is with playing. ~ Hank Greenwald
Major League Baseball quotes by Hank Greenwald
In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education - not in the classroom, where the old ways are taught, but in the factories and labs where new ways are wrought ... nothing has been so rare in recent years as an Ivy League graduate who has made a significant innovation in American enterprise. ~ George Gilder
Major League Baseball quotes by George Gilder
I led the league in go get 'em next time. ~ Bob Uecker
Major League Baseball quotes by Bob Uecker
He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out. ~ Warren Spahn
Major League Baseball quotes by Warren Spahn
This is the same advice they give people who've just come out of rehab. After a grueling period of work (or what passes for grueling work in our soft-handed world) you will crave some kind of reward. Don't let this cause you to rush into a big decision, like a new house or a marriage or partial ownership of a minor league baseball team, that you may later regret. The interesting thing about this piece of advice is that no one ever takes it. ~ Tina Fey
Major League Baseball quotes by Tina Fey
I keep trying to tell people that Los Angeles is already the largest Indian city in the U.S., that there are Toltecs playing Little League baseball in Pasadena, Mayans making beds at the Marriott in Westwood, and Chichimecs driving buses in L.A. Los Angeles is a majority-Indian city. ~ Richard Rodriguez
Major League Baseball quotes by Richard Rodriguez
When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until we have a league that produces players at the rate other leagues around the world do, I don't believe we'll ever get to where we want to be. ~ Landon Donovan
Major League Baseball quotes by Landon Donovan
Freddie Freeman led all Braves' starters with a (.282) batting average in 2011. Not bad for a rookie. Then again, this is the kid who hit his first big league bomb against none other than Roy Halladay ... the same kid whose leather at first is so flashy than at times it's hard to decide which to be more excited about, his bat or his glove, the same kid who joined teammate Dan Uggla with concurrent 20-game hitting streaks in 2011 - a first in modern era Braves' history - and the same kid who won NL Rookie of the Month honors in July after hitting .362 with six homers, 17 runs, and 18 RBIs. ~ Tucker Elliot
Major League Baseball quotes by Tucker Elliot
Her baby boy would play little league baseball, star in the school play and be good at math. She didn't know then that she should have had much simpler dreams for her beautiful son, that she should have looked upon her newborn baby boy and thought 'I hope you learn to talk and use the bathroom by the time you're seven. ~ Lisa Genova
Major League Baseball quotes by Lisa Genova
They ought to create a new league for that guy. ~ Jack Harshman
Major League Baseball quotes by Jack Harshman
Jamie Moyer was in his third year as a major league pitcher and was, by his own admission, still wide-eyed, watching everything going on around him and soaking it in. He paid particular attention to older teammates on his Chicago Cubs squad, hoping to emulate habits that had allowed those veterans to extend their careers. ~ Don Yaeger
Major League Baseball quotes by Don Yaeger
Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle. ~ George Brett
Major League Baseball quotes by George Brett
And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher. ~ Nolan Ryan
Major League Baseball quotes by Nolan Ryan
There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place. ~ Tom Seaver
Major League Baseball quotes by Tom Seaver
One of my chores was to milk the cows, which meant getting up before dawn and going out to that cold dark barn. I didn't expect to make it all the way to the big leagues; I just had to get way from them damn cows. ~ Edd Roush
Major League Baseball quotes by Edd Roush
Man, I've got a Rolls-Royce. Big house. Limo. All those things. This is why every kid's dream is to be a major-league ballplayer. ~ Lou Whitaker
Major League Baseball quotes by Lou Whitaker
The modern era of Cape Cod baseball dawned in 1963 when the league became a showcase for the collegiate elite. ~ Jane Leavy
Major League Baseball quotes by Jane Leavy
Say it turns out to be the gun, and it's going to be major-league coincidence if it doesn't, you're going to want to know whose gun it is, and if I tell you that I'll have to tell you how I know it's his and if I tell you that I'll have to tell you things I don't want to tell you."
"But now that we know you've got it," Lundquist said, "we can sort of insist."
"True," I said.
"And you know how hard we can insist when we feel like insisting. ~ Robert B. Parker
Major League Baseball quotes by Robert B. Parker
I'm among the first girls ever to play Little League baseball, and to my knowledge, the very first in western Illinois. It was 1976, and I was a nine-year-old tomboy whose older brothers had played. ~ Therese Fowler
Major League Baseball quotes by Therese Fowler
I just really like writing and making television shows. There are ego rewards in doing battle with other television programs in prime time in the main season. I suppose there are times when I might look at that and think that's the major league. But when you look at it, ultimately would I really want to gamble my livelihood and my ability to connect with my fan base or write a show that I really like writing, or in some cases direct a show that I really like directing, for the sake of winning an ego battle? It's totally not worth it. That stuff is so ephemeral. ~ Matt Nix
Major League Baseball quotes by Matt Nix
There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part. ~ David Wright
Major League Baseball quotes by David Wright
San Antonio is an ideal market for Major League Soccer. It's time that we put our best foot forward. ~ Julian Castro
Major League Baseball quotes by Julian Castro
Say this for big league baseball - it is beyond any question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~ Bruce Catton
Major League Baseball quotes by Bruce Catton
I'm honored and excited to be chosen to lead MLSE, a world-class sports and entertainment organization with the major league teams, premier facilities and employee team that rank with the very best across North America and internationally. ~ Tim Leiweke
Major League Baseball quotes by Tim Leiweke
The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform. ~ Ryne Sandberg
Major League Baseball quotes by Ryne Sandberg
In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter. ~ Bobby Keys
Major League Baseball quotes by Bobby Keys
I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues. ~ Bengie Molina
Major League Baseball quotes by Bengie Molina
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. ~ Duke Snider
Major League Baseball quotes by Duke Snider
I played ball for the Hollywood Blues of the Pacific Coast League, and I thought I was going to be a major leaguer. But I was the only one who seemed to think so. ~ Robert Preston
Major League Baseball quotes by Robert Preston
I was late to the Knicks. My dad was a big fan. But I first started watching baseball; I became a Red Sox fan. My dad was a Mets fan. I wanted to have my own team and league. ~ Noah Baumbach
Major League Baseball quotes by Noah Baumbach
I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.' ~ Dan O'Brien
Major League Baseball quotes by Dan O'Brien
Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team. ~ Phil Knight
Major League Baseball quotes by Phil Knight
Discouraged?
As I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-baseline, I asked one of the boys what the score was.
"We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered with a smile.
"Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very discouraged."
"Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Why should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet. ~ Jack Canfield
Major League Baseball quotes by Jack Canfield
One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little kid crying. I found out they just lost a game, and he was the losing pitcher. I went over there, put my arm around him, and said, 'What are you crying for? When major league players lose, they don't cry.' ~ Tommy Lasorda
Major League Baseball quotes by Tommy Lasorda
I grew up with baseball; I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one. ~ Jonah Hill
Major League Baseball quotes by Jonah Hill
It was always just trying to move to the next limit. I didn't think about making the major leagues - every kid has that dream, I had it, but when I was in Little League I just wanted to make the junior high team. When I was in junior high, I wanted to make the Varsity team. ~ Jim Abbott
Major League Baseball quotes by Jim Abbott
I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it. ~ Gerry Cooney
Major League Baseball quotes by Gerry Cooney
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. ~ Yogi Berra
Major League Baseball quotes by Yogi Berra
My mom is always with me. When I made my major-league debut I told her, 'That's it. You don't work anymore. I'm going to work and take care of you.' ~ Melky Cabrera
Major League Baseball quotes by Melky Cabrera
I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was with the major league team that came to Japan in 1996, just before he became a superstar. I'm anxious to see how much he's improved. And I'm anxious to see how much I've improved against him. ~ Ichiro Suzuki
Major League Baseball quotes by Ichiro Suzuki
It's one thing to win a game with a base hit, or to save a game by pitching a scoreless ninth ... it's something altogether different to save our National Pastime by day in and day out showing up with the joy and passion of a kid playing Little League and the determined attitude and work ethic of a consummate professional bent on doing one thing and one thing only: his job. ~ Tucker Elliot
Major League Baseball quotes by Tucker Elliot
There's a lot of disrespect in the major leagues. I believe that the disrespect in the major leagues is at a high rate and is really bad for the gam ~ Bengie Molina
Major League Baseball quotes by Bengie Molina
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