People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby ----- You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. ~Jim Bouton ----- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him. ~Hank Aaron ------ 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 Clark ------ There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher ------ Baseball is a fun game. It beats working for a living. ~Phil Linz ------ I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. ~Bob Lemon ------ Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. ~Warren Spahn ------ Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. ~Red Smith ------
Get your own countdown at BlingyBlob.com Batters should fear your fastball. Not because it can get them out, but because it can knock them out Heroes aren't born, they're rotated There is only one thing more valuable than ability. The ability to recognize it. Your hitting should serve as a warning. To low flying aircraft. Play like a star. Never act like one. Never swing at foolish pitches. Unless they're foolishly belt high, right down the middle. A star works at being a star ... that's how you tell a star in baseball. He shows up nightafter night and takes pride in how brightly he shines. He's Willie Mays running so hard his hat keeps falling off; Ty Cobb sliding to stretch a single into a double; Lou Gehrig, after being fooled in his first two at-bats, belting the next pitch off the light tower because he's taken the time to study the pitcher. Stars never take themselves for granted. That's why they're stars."
Crash Davis: "I give you a gift and you show up my pitcher? Run dummy!"
