Amazing Baseball Quote #16

"I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby 

Honestly a great point. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #15

"All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'" - Mickey Lolich 

Lolich opened a donut shop in the Detroit area in 1977. 

Yogi-isms

Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra was an all-time great player, winning three MVP Awards and ten World Series rings with the Yankees. He was also well-known for a little bit of an odd personality, which led to some utterly hilarious quotes. Here are my ten favorite "Yogi-isms." 

"All pitchers are either liars or crybabies." 

"Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded." 

"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise they won't come to yours." 

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six." 

"Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets." 

"It was impossible to get a conversation going - everybody was talking too much." 

"The future ain't what it used to be." 

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." 

"Ninety percent of baseball is half mental." 

"I never said most of the things I said." 

There are many more priceless quotes I could have picked from, but these are my top ten. Anyone else have any favorites? 

Amazing Baseball Quote #14

"The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing." - Dizzy Dean 

Already known as Dizzy before the quote, Jay Hanna Dean was a colorful and very quotable character in his day. Pinch running in Game 4 of the 1934 World Series, Dean was struck on the head by a thrown ball, and he made this candid quote to reporters when describing the incident. 

One of the best pitchers in the game in the 1930's, Dean later became a famous broadcaster. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #13

"No one in this clubhouse is scared of those guys [the Dodgers]. Their leadoff hitter is vegan... ours is modern day Babe Ruth." - Noah Syndergaard (allegedly) 

This quote may be fake. Before the 2022 season, then-Angel Syndergaard supposedly made this joke about the Dodgers' Mookie Betts (who had recently become a vegan), but later denied it on social media. Wherever this quote came from, it is pretty awesome. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #12

"Winfield goes back to the wall, he hits his head on the wall, and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!" - Jerry Coleman 

Jerry Coleman had a reputation for saying odd things from time to time. Someone watching the game would have understood what he said, but imagine if you'd heard this on the radio. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #11

"When Billy Martin reaches for a bar tab, his arm shrinks six inches." - Tommy Lasorda 

You hypocrite! Don't you know what Joe Torre said about you: 

"Tommy Lasorda will eat anything as long as you pay for it." - Joe Torre 

Amazing Baseball Quote #10

"Branch Rickey had both players and money. He just didn't like to see the two of them mix." - Chuck Connors 

Amazing Baseball Quote #9

"Don't worry about giving up three home runs to Joey Gallo. If you had given up three singles to him, then you'd have a problem." - Anonymous 

He probably chose to stay anonymous on purpose. I'm sure this quote is a joke, but it is a good one. 

Three Quotes About MLB Managers

"The only thing Earl Weaver knows about Big League pitching is that he couldn't hit it." - Jim Palmer 

Palmer, like many Orioles pitchers in those days, really meant it. 

"Leo Durocher had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse." - Branch Rickey 

As seems to be the general consensus. 

"Tommy Lasorda will eat anything as long as you pay for it." - Joe Torre 

I don't blame him. Other goats are the same way. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #8

"If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete Rose, I'd wear a dress." - Mickey Mantle 

Amazing Baseball Quote #7

"You can have money piled to the ceiling, but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather." - Chuck Tanner 

How true. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #6

"All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a doubleheader." - George Will 

Those Cubs! Always losing doubleheaders! 

Those weddings! So boring! 

Amazing Baseball Quote #5

"I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity." - Bill Veeck Jr. 

Amen! Although I'm not sure that's something you should say out loud. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #4

"Aw, how could he lose the ball in the sun? He's from Mexico." - Harry Caray 

As I'm sure everybody knows, it is usually quite sunny in Mexico. This fact + the goofiness of Harry Caray = a pretty darn funny quote. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #3

"How will I spend my World Series share? Ninety percent of it I'll spend on whiskey, women, and other good times. The other ten percent I'll probably waste." -Tug McGraw 

Amazing Baseball Quote #2

"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play." - Reggie Jackson 

Typical Ol' Reggie. 

Amazing Baseball Quote #1

"Darryl Strawberry is not a dog. A dog is loyal and chases after balls." - Tommy Lasorda 

If there existed a Hall of Fame for baseball quotes, this one might lead the way. 

Quote of the Day

"The human mind is usually far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define." - C. S. Lewis 

The perfect quote for this blog, and for all Hall of Fame debates.