More Baseball Sayings, Including Many Old-Time Baseball Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it’s beginning to seem that way. We’re reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick.”
– Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

“When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart.”
– Tim McCarver, who caught all of Steve Carlton’s games, 1977

“Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.”
– Toby Harrah

“I’m convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.”
– Tom Clarks

“No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.”
– Tommy Lasorda

“I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.”
– Ty Cobb

“All requests for leave of absence on account of grandmother’s funeral, sore throat, housecleaning, lame back, turning of the ringer, headaches, brain storm, cousin’s wedding, general ailments or other legitimate excuses must be made out and handed to the boss not later than 10 a.m. on the morning of the game. – Traditional gag notice hung in offices and factories at a time period when all games were played during daylight hours.”
– Unknown

“Baseball is an island of activity amidst a sea of statistics.”
– Unknown

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.”
– Unknown

“Confucious say: ‘Baseball wrong – man with four balls cannot walk.’”
– Unknown

“I know a man who is a diamond cutter. He mows the lawn at Yankee Stadium.”
– Unknown

“I’m looking forward to slightly alleviating the boredom of my life with the boredom of watching baseball.”
– Unknown

“Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.”
– Unknown

“When you’re in a slump, it’s almost as if you look out at the field and it’s one big glove.”
– Vance Law

“Wives of ballplayers, when they teach their children their prayers, should instruct them how to say:”God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, God bless Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth has upped Daddy’s paycheck by fifteen to forty percent.”
– Waite Hoyt

“I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.”
– Walt Whitman

“Baseball isn’t a business, it’s more like a disease.”
– Walter F. O’Malley

“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”
– Warren Spahn

“A baseball game is twice as much fun if you’re seeing it on the company’s time.”
– William C. Feather

“When they start the game, they don’t yell, “Work ball.” They say, “Play ball.”
– Willie Stargell

“Don’t forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.”
– Woodie Held

“When we played softball, I’d steal second base, feel guilty and go back.”
– Woody Allen

“It ain’t like football. You can’t make up no trick plays.”
– Yogi Berra

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