Whats your favorite Baseball Quote

valley_card22 · Post by **valley_card22** » March 29 07, 9:06 am

Lets have a little fun today. Write your favorite baseball quote below:

Mine is from the movie Bull Durham:

Crash Davis: Stop trying to strike every body out! Its boring and its facist! Throw some ground balls, its more democratic.

I love that. The whole movie is awesome but thats the best

doe_boy · Post by **doe_boy** » March 29 07, 9:11 am

Yogi Berra has so many. Here's my favorite.

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

The story goes that, while coaching the Mets, he was watching Ron Swoboda hitting from an extreme crouch in batting practice. When Yogi asked him why, Swoboda told him it was because that was the way Mickey Mantle hit. Yogi then uttered the line above.

vnmn23 · Post by **vnmn23** » March 29 07, 9:14 am

Rogers Hornsby wrote: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.

Pretty much sums it up for me.

jim · Post by **jim** » March 29 07, 9:23 am

"That's like sneaking the sun past the rooster" - Mike Shannon.

Radio_Bugtussle · Post by **Radio_Bugtussle** » March 29 07, 9:42 am

"When you pitch a strike, Mr. Hornsby will let you know."
Umpire Bill Klem to a young pitcher who complained about ball-strike calls.
c.1920's.

Also applicable in the modern era with Albert Pujols at the plate.

vnmn23 · Post by **vnmn23** » March 29 07, 9:47 am

If a horse can't eat it, I don't want to play on it. ~Dick Allen, on artificial turf.

Fat_Bulldog · Post by **Fat_Bulldog** » March 29 07, 9:55 am

Pretty much anything that comes out of Joe Morgan's or Steve Phillip's mouth. Steve Lyons is a close second.

bronx_bird · Post by **bronx_bird** » March 29 07, 10:03 am

The GRB tournament notwithstanding, this quote involves my entries for the greatest (character aside) ballplayer and the greatest pitcher who ever played.

Ty Cobb talking about Walter Johnson:

"His fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed."

valley_card22 · Post by **valley_card22** » March 29 07, 10:12 am

"I dont know, I've never smoked turf". Bill "Spaceman" Lee comparing turf to grass

MrCrowesGarden · Post by **MrCrowesGarden** » March 29 07, 10:36 am

"Statistics are like a bikini. They show a lot--but not everything."

-Toby Harrah