#baseball

I just want to play baseball. ↗

— David Ortiz

#i #just #play #play baseball #want

They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick. ↗

— Mike Quade

#come #dugout #figured #game #out

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#baseball #change #i #i remember #ideas

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#ethnic #game #maintain #must #national

My feeling is that when you're managing a baseball team, you have to pick the right people to play and then pray a lot. ↗

— Robin Roberts

#feeling #lot #managing #people #pick

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession. ↗

— Brooks Robinson

#everyday #guy #his #i #just

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#close #count #counts #grenades #only

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#baseball #game #like #losing #nobody

Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore. ↗

— Harmon Killebrew

#anymore #anything #baseball #game #harms

When you're mad at someone, it's probably best not to break his arm with a baseball bat. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#baseball #bat #best #break #his