#ball

There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#basketball #basketball player #became #been #hasn

Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball. ↗

— Tris Speaker

#great #luck

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy. ↗

— Tris Speaker

#ballplayer #brains #cobb #could #crazy

I wish they'd shut the gates, and let us play ball with no press and no fans. ↗

— Richie Allen

#fans #gates #i #i wish #let us

When I play ball, I play hardball. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#i #play

If newspapers were a baseball team, they would be the Mets - without the hope for those folks at the very pinnacle of the financial food chain - who average nearly $24 million a year in income - 'next year.' ↗

— Eric Alterman

#baseball #chain #financial #folks #food

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard. ↗

— Joaquin Andujar

#ball #hard #hit #hour #i

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#down #giving #him #idea #managing

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#amnesia #ask #baseball #done #good

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#act #again #ballroom #choice #church