“Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It’s staying up all night looking for them that does you in.” – Casey Stengel
“I walked with the bases loaded to drive in the winning run in an intrasquad game in spring training” – Bob Uecker
“I enjoy hitting. I just didn’t make contact too often” – Pitcher Bob Buhl
“He must have made that before he died.” —Yogi Berra, referring to a Steve McQueen movie.
“Baseball is supposed to be a non-contact sport, but our hitters seem to be taking that literally” – Larry Doughty Pirates Manager
“Beer makes some people happy. Cashing checks makes me delirious with joy” – Pitcher Jim Brosnan
“It’s easy to beat the shift. All you got to do is hit it in the stands” – Clarence Jones, Indians hitting coach.
“I can see the sun okay and that’s 93,000,000 miles away” Umpire Bruce Froemming.
“He’d fall in a sewer and come up with a gold watch.” Casey Stengel talking about Yogi Berra
“Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch.” – Tug McGraw
“I’m glad I don’t play anymore. I could never learn all of those handshakes.” – Phil Rizzuto
“The more we lose, the more he’ll fly in. And the more he flies in, the better the chance there’ll be a plane crash.” – Graig Nettles talking about the very hard to please Yankee owner George Steinbrenner commuting from his Florida home.
“When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I’ve accomplished both.” – Graig Nettles
“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1700 times and walked maybe 1800 times. You figure a ball player will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.” – Mickey Mantle