Quotes of: Major-league-baseball Keyword

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

John McGraw

The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.

John Thorn

Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn't mean anything. Football teams are created on the football field.

Mike McCarthy

Everything we talk about is about beating the Packers, the Bears and the Vikings. Obviously there are other teams in the league, but if you can dominate and be on top of your division you are always in the playoff hunt. It's time for us to win that t...

Steve Mariucci

I've always been fascinated with aristocracy. I'm really interested in the Ivy Leagues, the final clubs, all the really old-money families, the concept of old money.

Lorde

I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.

Wayne Gretzky

Jules Tygiel’s Past Time: Baseball As History

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Baseball, of all sports, and maybe of all human endeavors, has no room for cynicism.

Waiting for Teddy Williams

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

Sandy Koufax

I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.

Khaled Hosseini

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

Lou Gehrig

The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.

Larry MacPhail

As the late baseball manager Sparky Anderson put it: “Losing hurts twice as bad as winning feels good.

L. Jon Wertheim

Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.

Russell Wilson

I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.

Barry Bonds

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

Hank Aaron

In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way.

John Thorn

If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up.

Tony La Russa

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

Bo Jackson