Whats your favorite Baseball Quote

stlmark · Post by **stlmark** » March 29 07, 10:45 am

" For the first time since 1982, St.Louis has a World Series winner" - Joe Buck :thumbup:

Spider John · Post by **Spider John** » March 29 07, 11:12 am

"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

AJ · Post by AJ » March 29 07, 11:41 am

Louis Prima: With all the great players playing ball right now, how well do you think you would do against today's pitchers?

Ty Cobb: Well, I figure against today's pitchers I'd only probably hit about .290

Louis Prima: .290? Well that's amazing, because you batted over .400 a... a whole bunch of times. Now tell us all, we'd all like to know, why do you think you'd only hit .290?

Ty Cobb: Well, I'm 72 ****** years old you ignorant son of a *****.

jim · Post by **jim** » March 29 07, 12:16 pm

stlmark wrote:" For the first time since 1982, St.Louis has a World Series winner" - Joe Buck :thumbup:

That's a good one.

Phyrkrakr · Post by **Phyrkrakr** » March 29 07, 12:22 pm

"I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

"With those who don't give a damn about baseball, I can only sympathize. I do not resent them. I am even willing to concede that many of them are physically clean, good to their mothers and in favor of world peace. But while the game is on, I can't think of anything to say to them." - Art Hill

StL Dan · Post by **StL Dan** » March 29 07, 12:29 pm

card_fan_in_chi wrote:Louis Prima: With all the great players playing ball right now, how well do you think you would do against today's pitchers?

Ty Cobb: Well, I figure against today's pitchers I'd only probably hit about .290

Louis Prima: .290? Well that's amazing, because you batted over .400 a... a whole bunch of times. Now tell us all, we'd all like to know, why do you think you'd only hit .290?

Ty Cobb: Well, I'm 72 ****** years old you ignorant son of a *****.

Something tells me Bobby Knight and Ty Cobb would have been the best of friends.

Molly · Post by **Molly** » March 29 07, 12:32 pm

From the movie quote thread in Social:

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Ohhhhhhhh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come."

jim · Post by **jim** » March 29 07, 12:36 pm

A few of my favorites

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game." ~ Jacques Barzun

Some of my favorites from Casey Stengel:

"Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits."

"Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant."

"I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many."

and finally, maybe my favorite quote of all time, the simple:

"Let's play two" ~ Ernie Banks

Jmodene · Post by **Jmodene** » March 29 07, 1:41 pm

FWIW, that quote about the turf attributed to Bill Lee was actually Tug McGraw who said that.

Tambourine Man · Post by **Tambourine Man** » March 29 07, 2:06 pm

"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. "

-Satchel Paige