#home runs

Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#ballplayer #bit #even #eyes #gave

Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats for your people: batting averages, home runs, errors, ERAs, win/loss records. You could see what they did well and poorly and call on the right people to play the right positions in a very transparent way. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#baseball #batting #call #cards #could

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#art #credit #else #getting #hits

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#getting #hits #home #home runs #managing

Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No. Do I want someone to have more RBI than me? No. I get a kick out of seeing the all-time leaders and my name's on top of every one, with the exception of strikeouts. I get a kick out of that. ↗

— George Brett

#every #exception #get #hit #hits

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation. ↗

— Roger Maris

#hit #home #home runs #preparation #runs

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything. ↗

— Nick Johnson

#anyway #get #hit #home #home runs

I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs! ↗

— Bobby Thomson

#cheap #count #down #either #every

I take my vote as a salute to the little guy, the one who doesn't hit 500 home runs. I was one of the guys that did all they could to win. I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for. ↗

— Joe Morgan

#did #ever #got #guy #guys

I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs. ↗

— Roberto Clemente

#hitting #home #home runs #i #i am