Great Baseball Quotes

[fan_since79]

There's plenty of material for this one. I'll start.

"Tired of tossing a little five-ounce baseball for two hours? I used to be a butcher. From four in the morning until eight at night, I knocked down steers with a 25-pound sledge. Tired from playing two hours a day for 10 times the money I used to get for 16 hours a day?" – Old Hoss Radbourn after being asked if he got tired from pitching so often.

Charles Radbourn's 1884 season: 59-12, 1.38 ERA,  205 ERA+ , 2.75 FIP,  0.922 WHIP, 19.1 WAR, 73 GS, 73 CG, 678.2 IP, 441 SO, 98 BB

[tdawg87]

Fuck it, let's pitch

-Ervin Santana

[tdawg87]

Skip, my vagina is sore again.

-CJ Wilson

[tomsred]

"Let me demonstrate how to speed up the game", .....Bud Norris.

[Angel Oracle]

I am the master of the game of baseball.  -- Dipeutered 

[Stradling]

Probably the very worst day to start what will end up being a great, must read thread.  @fan_since79 this is what you do best and I truly appreciate these types of threads, thank you.  

"The Anaheim Angels are the Champions of Baseball!"

-Rory

[eligrba]

"Is the ball alright?"

Don Baylor

[fan_since79]

"Some guys are scuffling."

Mike Scioscia

[Angel Oracle]

"What the F do you think of my F opinion?  I thought it was horse shii!"

Classic LaMoutha after Kingman hits 3 HRs against the Dogs 

[JAHV76]

[Troll Daddy]

[Angels#1Fan]

I like women with small hands..makes my dick look bigger.

Mickey Mantle

[fan_since79]

"He’s always a dangerous hitter. Don’t be fooled by maybe what his batting average might be in a certain given time. He’s always going to be a tough out.”

- Mike Scioscia,  discussing Mike Napoli in 2015.

(courtesy of Boston Herald)

[Bruce Nye]

After a long road trip, the team bus took them to the stadium where dozens of wives and GFs were waiting, "Okay guys...look horny."

 

Jim Bouton in Ball Four

[Dick B Back]

We made too many wrong mistakes.

 - Yogi Berra

[Vegas Halo Fan]

You can sum up baseball in one word: You never know.

- Joaquin Andujar

 

The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I have no idea what it is.

- Luis Polonia (who was playing for the Yankees at the time)

[fan_since79]

Earl Weaver was the anti-Scioscia of his day.

 

[Angel Oracle]

SB attempts, I don't mind.   It's the giving up an out via the sacrifice bunt that I don't care for, because the runner can steal second just about as easily and then no out is wasted getting the runner to 2nd.

Caleb Joseph was LUCKY last night.   He usually REEKS at throwing runners out!

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

SB attempts, I don't mind.   It's the giving up an out via the sacrifice bunt that I don't care for, because the runner can steal second just about as easily and then no out is wasted getting the runner to 2nd.

Caleb Joseph was LUCKY last night.   He usually REEKS at throwing runners out!

Angels are 23rd in baseball in sacrifices this year.  They are exactly in the middle of the American League.  So maybe Mike agrees with you about sacrifice.  The Angels are first in stolen bases in baseball.  

Edited August 19, 2017 by Stradling

[Bruce Nye]

An anonymous baseball announcer was watching a young couple in the stands - he kisses her on the strikes and she kisses him on the balls.

[Ray McKigney]

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass."  

-T. Boyle

[Junkballer]

Why won't anyone shake my hand?

-Moises Alou

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I walk into the clubhouse today and it’s like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol, and by the 7th inning he’d already drunk it.

- Tommy Lasorda

 

The only thing I know about it is that it’s in New Jersey.

- Phillies prospect Michael Crouwel, from The Netherlands, when asked his opinion of Philadelphia

[Redondo]

 

 

 

[Redondo]

There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.

Earl Weaver

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

Tommy Lasorda