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Introduction:
"Baseball has produced some of the most memorable moments in sports history. It also has produced some of the most quoteable characters. This should be a challenging quiz on baseball quotes. Have fun! :-)"


1. What power-hitting shortstop coined the phrase, "It's a great day for baseball! Let's play two!"?
    Alex Rodriguez
    Ernie Banks
    Arky Vaughn
    Honus Wagner


2. What famous quotester started the saying, "It ain't over 'til it's over"?
    Bill Veeck
    Yogi Berra
    Ty Cobb
    Joe DiMaggio


3. First baseman Joe Adcock said this about what feared slugger? "Trying to sneak a fastball past him is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster."
    Babe Ruth
    Hank Aaron
    Jimmie Foxx
    Ted Williams


4. Which early year ballplayer came up with the phrase, "Keep your eye on the ball"?
    Honus Wagner
    Wee Willie Keeler
    Dan Brouthers
    Napoleon Lajoie


5. In 1966, the New York Mets had the first pick of the amateur draft. The favorite for the #1 pick was Reggie Jackson, but the Mets instead chose obscure catcher Steve Chilcott. What was the excuse that Mets' manager Casey Stengel gave for passing on Reggie?
    "You gotta look toward the future, and at this point, we don't feel that Mr. Jackson is a good fit for the Mets."
    "You gotta have a catcher or you'll have a lot of passed balls."
    "The way he (Jackson) runs, he's injury-prone."
    "We think Chilcott has Hall of Fame potential, but we didn't think the same about Jackson."


6. When a sportswriter pointed out to Babe Ruth that he was making more money than the current President of the United States, Ruth responded, "I had a better year than he did." Who was that president?
    Calvin Coolidge
    Herbert Hoover
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt


7. When this great pitcher aged, this is how he said that he knew he had grown too old to go on: "I'm throwing twice as hard, but the ball is getting there half as fast." Who said this?
    Lefty Gomez
    Walter Johnson
    Cy Young
    Grover Cleveland Alexander


8. Which Hall of Famer said this about selfish players: "Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a Communist."?
    Ty Cobb
    Honus Wagner
    Rogers Hornsby
    Babe Ruth


9. Which cocky outfielder once claimed: "If I played there (New York), they'd name a candy bar after me."?
    Reggie Jackson
    Ty Cobb
    Babe Ruth
    Hank Aaron


10. Pete Rose hit a lot of singles in his career, 3215 to be exact. This number didn't blow every one away, though. One less-impressed player known for hitting the longball said: "If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete, I'd wear a dress." Which outfielder said this?
    Ty Cobb
    Joe DiMaggio
    Ernie Banks
    Mickey Mantle


11. Which former Negro League star and MLB player said: "Don't look back, 'cause something might be gaining on you."?
    Satchel Paige
    Bob Gibson
    Josh Gibson
    Jackie Robinson


12. Famous author and columnist Westbrook Pegler, said what about which pitching legend from the 1920s-40s: "He could throw a lamb chop past a wolf."?
    Lefty Grove
    Walter Johnson
    Babe Ruth
    Sandy Koufax


13. What group of people was being referred to when pitcher Al Schacht said: "They have crooked arms. They throw crooked, they walk crooked, and they think crooked. They even wear their clothes crooked."?
    Right-handers
    Left-handers
    Women
    People over the age of 40


14. What great pitcher said: "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing."?
    Warren Spahn
    Cy Young
    Grover Cleveland Alexander
    Christy Matthewson


15. Which baseball god said: "I was being paid $30,000 a year, the very least I could do was hit .400."?
    Tony Gwynn
    Rogers Hornsby
    Ted Williams
    Ty Cobb


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