Baseball Quotes
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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.
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Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.
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Honestly, I don't think I'm doing anything any different right now. You swing, and the ball finds a hole. That's it. That's the game of baseball.
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First we'll escape, then we'll play baseball.
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It's a cold night out tonight. The Padres better warm up real good because it's stiff out there.
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At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria.
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They are supposed to be dispassionate dispensers of Pure Justice, icy islands of emotionless calculation. In short, umpires should be acute Republicans.
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I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.
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I wanted so badly to play in the park across the street because the kids were playing baseball and football but I had to record.
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True baseball fans do not cheer for their teams to win; they cheer for them not to lose. Victory does not come with joy, it comes with relief. Losing causes only pain.
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“I came to this country to play baseball and give the best on the field. What people think outside the field, I don’t worry.”
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There's nothing to it. Baseball isn't that tough to play.
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I don't know about Willie Davis. He's not as young as he used to be.
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Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.
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John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third base and how to protect myself. John taught me more baseball than anyone else.
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Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them.
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Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.
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I don't think baseball can abandon the Miami market. If MLB does let that market go vacant, I think it'll be one of the biggest mistakes they ever made.
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I want to be a good actress, I want to be a good person, and I want to play baseball.
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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.
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I was fortunate enough to have baseball to teach me the values relative to success. The sport gifted me with leadership and team building skills that translate in a relatable way in the world.
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And it's a long drive down the line to centerfield.
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I never followed baseball very much. As a kid, I never followed sports.
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Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.
