Baseball quotes.pdf - Baseball Excellence

"I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of
the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats." - Bill Veeck
"We used to go to the racetrack after spring training practice in my day. Four of
us would chip in fifty cents each to go to the two-dollar window. Yesterday I
asked a player how he did at the track. He said 'my horse won.' I said, 'how much
did it pay?' The player said, 'no, coach, I didn't bet on the horse, I own it.'" -
Mickey Vernon, Yankee coach, 1985
"Who cares how long they are as long as they're over the fence." - Robin Ventura
on a tape-measure homer
"I don't think my insurance company would think that's a good idea." - Boston's
Tim Wakefield, who pitched a complete-game six-hitter a day after being involved
in a minor car accident, when it was suggested that he copy the pre-game routine
before every start
"The shutout doesn't matter. It's the 'W'. You want to have the 'W' instead of the
'L'." - David Wells (NY Yankees' pitcher), following Game 1 of the 1998 ALCS in which
Wells had a shutout going into the ninth when he gave up a two-run homer with one out
(Yankees beat Indians 7-2).
"It was a real cliff-dweller." - Wes Westrum, on an extra-inning game
"How baseball is like a church -- Many attend but few understand." - Wes
Westrum
"In retrospect, you are always looking back." - Jimy Williams (Boston Red Sox
manager, 10-1-98)
"Just because I have money, does that make me any different from these guys
here?" - Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams, on bartending in his bar and grill in
Pennsauken, PA
"I have an idea what to do about the bullpen, napalm." - Stan Williams (Mariners'
pitching coach), after his Mariners relief pitchers blew another lead late in the
(1998) season
"Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up,
his best pitch, who's up next. Think." - Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox OF)
"All I want out of life is when I walk down the street people say 'There goes the
greatest hitter that ever lived'." - Ted Williams
"I got a lot of energy ready to be wasted on somebody." - Mookie Wilson