#baseball

It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball. And surely the baseball gods were smiling that day, because the next batter was Larry Brown, and he was a scrawny, scrappy 23-year-old kid who’d never hit a big league home run. And yet he stepped to the plate and became just the second player in baseball history to connect and give his team four consecutive home runs. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#cleveland #cleveland-indians-iq #major-league-baseball #home

Joe DiMaggio batted safely in 56 consecutive games in 1941, the same season Ted Williams batted .406—but did you know that also in 1941, Jeff Heath, an outfielder who spent a decade playing for the Indians, became the first player in AL history to hit 20 doubles, 20 triples, and 20 home runs in the same season? It’s true. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#baseball-quotes #baseball-stats #baseball-trivia #boston-red-sox #cleveland-indians

I mean, we’re talking about chocolate, for chrissake! Chocolate’s wonderful! Everyone loves it! Look at me, I’m part German! That makes me a kraut! Do you know what kraut is? It’s sauerkraut, men! Which means pickled cabbage! And no one likes that! And I’m okay with it! You can call me Kraut, for all that I care! I don’t give a god damn! Do you read me, men? Do you? ~ Roman Meister, manager of the San Carlos Coyotes, to three black ballplayers whom he has, cleverly he thinks, nicknamed "Dark Chocolate," "Milk Chocolate," and "Bitter Chocolate." From The Mighty Roman. ↗

— Jon Sindell

#nicknames #race-relations #love

Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game! ↗

— Babe Ruth

#baseball #cinderella-story #inspiration #motivation #quote

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#baseball #exciting #fans #games #home

We're the best team in baseball, but not by much. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#best #much #team

I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more. ↗

— Harry Caray

#enjoy #entire #entire life #fun #game

Say this for big league baseball - it is beyond any question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ↗

— Bruce Catton

#any #baseball #beyond #big #conversation

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003. ↗

— David Cone

#baseball #baseball player #drafted #high #high school

I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#childhood #childhood dream #children #dream #feel