Baseball Quotes #2

See the first installment here .

"It's a great day for a ballgame;

let's play two"

Ernie Banks ~ Chicago Cubs

"The best thing about baseball is that you

 can do something about yesterday tomorrow."

 Manny Trillioa ~ Philadelphia Phillies

"His reputation preceded him before he got here."

Don Mattingly ~ New York Yankees

"Man, it was tough. The wind was blowing 

about 100 degrees."

Mikey Rivers ~ Texas Rangers

"Well, that was a cliff-dweller."

Wes Westrum after a close game ~ New York Mets

"They're coming out in groves."

Babe Ruth ~ New York Yankees

"That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or 

swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of

a bat on the ball."

Bill Veeck ~ owner of the Chicago White Sox

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."

Sportswriter Red Smith

"I believe in the Rip van Winkle theory - that a man from 

1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for 70 years,

walk into a ballpark and understand baseball perfectly."

Bowie Kuhn ~ former MLB commissioner

"Baseball's the most delicious paradox: although the 

game never changes, you've never seen everything."

Stephen King ~ author

"Any time you think you have the game conquered, the

game will turn around and punch you right in the nose."

Mike Schmidt ~ Philadelphia Phillies

"I've always maintained that the best remedy for a batting

slump is two wads of cotton. One in each ear."

Bill Veeck ~ baseball owner

"This losing streak is bad for the fans, no doubt, but

look at it this way. We're making a lot of people 

happy in other cities."

Ted Turner ~ Atlanta Braves owner

^(I need to remember that one :)

"The fans like to see home runs, and we have assembled

a pitching staff for their enjoyment."

Clark Griffith ~ Minnesota Twins executive

"THEY GIVE YOU A ROUND BAT AND THEY THROW YOU 

A ROUND BALL, AND THEN THEY TELL YOU TO

HIT IT SQUARE."

Willie Stargell ~ Pittsburgh Pirates

 "Tests showed there was a brain."

Carl Pavano ~ New York Yankees

"The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing."

Dizzy Dean ~ St. Louis Cardinals