#ballplayer

There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer. ↗

— Honus Wagner

#being #much #you

You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game. ↗

— Rickey Henderson

#ballplayers #being #best #category #close

It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now. ↗

— Mickey Gilley

#babe ruth #ballplayers #lot #make #money

My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration. ↗

— Danny Aiello

#ball #ballplayer #father #i #me

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'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity. ↗

— George Brett

#ballplayer #become #fame #fraternity #game

Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#come #diving #give #give me #hungry

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that. ↗

— Nomar Garciaparra

#ball #ballplayer #because #bugs #bunny

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game. ↗

— Rex Stout

#ball #ball game #ballplayers #detective #detective stories

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do. ↗

— Ring Lardner

#ball #ball game #ballplayer #could #game