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| 'When you play this game for 20 years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand'. | Famous Quotes From Baseball
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Pete Rose. Pete will be in the Hall someday. I just hope it happens before he checks out.
| When asked about the Cubs inability to win a World Series since 1908 or a Pennant since 1945, this person responded, 'Any team can have a bad century'. ? | Famous Quotes From Baseball
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Tom Treblehorn. It's a new century, Cubs fans. Things have gotta change.
| Who is the famous former Dodger GM (1943-50) who said: "Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself, but for me the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit and run"? | Baseball Quotes
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Branch Rickey . Rickey had an eye for talent, and was famous for signing Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers, and Major League Baseball in 1947. Robinson won the Rookie of the Year Award.
| A quote in the late fifties read: "When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish". What U.S. President said this? | Baseball Quotes
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Dwight Eisenhower . Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, and also a die hard baseball fan from Kansas. In Eisenhower's two terms from 1953-1961, the Yankees appeared in the World Series 7 times.
| A Hall of Fame Indians pitcher (1936-1956) said this: "Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put it's failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is. With a new game every day. And that's the way baseball is". Who said this? | Baseball Quotes
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Bob Feller. Bob Feller was a hard throwing righthander who excelled for the Indians from 1936 until 1956. 1946 saw his greatest season of a record of 26-15, along with 348 strikeouts. He was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1962.
| This Texas native famous for his strikeouts, once said: "One of the beautiful things about baseball is, that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to reach down and prove something". Who said this? | Baseball Quotes
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Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan played for 26 seasons with the Mets, Angels, Astros and Rangers. Ryan became the first pitcher to strikeout 383 batters in a season, and also be the first to 4200 lifetime strikeouts, retiring with 5714. He was elected to Cooperstown in 1998.
| "I ain't ever had a job. I just always played baseball". What African-American superstar pitcher, who spent most of his career in the Negro Leagues said that? | Baseball Quotes
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Satchel Paige. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, was the greatest pitcher of the Negro Leagues. The color barrier kept him out of the majors until 1948, when he debuted with the Indians as a 42 year old rookie. His Major League record was 28-31, and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971.
| "Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten, and be considered a good performer". What legendary Red Sox outfielder, who retired with 521 homers, said this? | Baseball Quotes
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Ted Williams. Ted Williams is considered by many as the best pure hitter ever to play the game. He played 19 seasons, all with Boston, and won two triple-crown awards, along with two seperate season MVP awards. Strangely enough, the two seasons that he won the triple-crown, he was runner-up in MVP voting.
| What former Dodger, Giants, and Cubs manager, known for his "lip" and his temper, once said: "You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain"? | Baseball Quotes
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Leo Durocher. Leo Durocher was a hard competitor and one of the winningest managers of all time. He managed for 24 seasons in the Majors, winning 738 of his career 2008 victories, with the Dodgers of Brooklyn.
| What former Indians star pitcher, who starred for the famous 1954 team that won 111 games, said, "The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen"? | Baseball Quotes
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Bob Lemon. Bob Lemon played for 13 years for the Indians, obtaining 207 wins. In 1954, Lemon had a record of 23-7. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976.
| "If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out". What great Kansas City hitter and third baseman said this? | Baseball Quotes
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George Brett. Brett was the first player in history to win batting titles in three different decades. He won in 1976, 1980, and 1990. He played for 21 seasons, all with the Kansas City Royals. His induction into the Hall of Fame, was right beside the great Nolan Ryan in 1999.
| This arrogant outfielder, who once hit three homers in a World Series against the Dodgers, was quoted to have said when fans were loudly booing him: "Fans don't boo nobodies". Who was this player? | Baseball Quotes
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Reggie Jackson. Reggie finished his career with 563 homers, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1993. His 3 home runs came in the 1977 World Series, where the Yankees defeated the Dodgers 4 games to 2. His home runs came in games 4, 5, and 6.
| "If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you gonna stop them"? What former Yankee catcher, famous for his malaprops, once said that? | Baseball Quotes
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Yogi Berra. Yogi retired in 1965 after a 18 years with the Yankees and one with the Mets in 1965. He left with a .285 average, 358 homers and 2,150 hits. He was elected to Cooperstown in 1971.
| What former Yankee outfielder, known as "The Yankee Clipper", once said: "You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to run forward, bend, scoop the ball, then your body says; Who, me"? Who said it? | Baseball Quotes
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Joe DiMaggio. Joltin' Joe DiMaggio was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955. This Yankee 'bonus-baby' was a 3-time American League MVP.
| "All players should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill". What great Yankee outfielder of old once said this?" | Baseball Quotes
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Babe Ruth. The Babe retired with 714 homers. He is one of the true legends of the game.
| "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around". What Yankee pitcher, also a best-selling author, said this?". | Baseball Quotes
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Jim Bouton. Bouton wrote a book: "Ball Four" that was a huge bestseller.
Leo Durocher. "Leo the Lip", as he was nicknamed, made this famous quote. Leo was a player as well as a manager for many years in the big leagues.
| "He can't hit, can't run, can't field. He's no nice guy, but all the little (expletive) can do is win." Who was Leo Durocher talking about when he said this? | Memorable Baseball Quotes
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Eddie Stanky. Eddie "The Brat" Stanky, had a solid career spanning from 1943 to 1953, compiling a career batting average of .268 playing for five different teams. Stanky would also go on to manage the Cardinals, White Sox, and Rangers, recording 467-435 record. Leo the Lip was impressed by his hustle. This is also where his often misquoted, "Nice guys finish last," creed came from. The whole quote is, "Look at Mel Ott over there. He's a nice guy, and he finishes second. Now look at The Brat. He can't hit, can't run, can't field. He's no nice guy, but all the little (expletive) can do is win."
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