20 Great Quotes From...Baseball: Part Three

Barney Corkhill continues his new series here on Bleacher Report in which he looks at some of the best quotes from various sports. Today he presents another 20 from Baseball, and don't worry, in the coming days there will be a few more Baseball quote articles in this series!

The quotes aren't just from players, coaches and commentators, but anyone who has ever said a good quote to do with the chosen sport! Some are intentional, some aren't, you can decide for yourselves!

So, without further ado, lets look at the next 20 great quotes from Baseball!

"Gary Maddox has turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed" - Harry Kalas

"It's permanent, for now" - Roberto Kelly

"Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Gary Maddox" - Ralph Kiner

"This time he grounds it on the ground" - Ralph Kiner

"Some guys are inwardly outgoing" - Ralph Kiner

"The Hall of Fame ceremonies are on the 31st and 32nd of July" - Ralph Kiner

"Half of Jeff King's extra-base hits last year were extra-base hits" - Ralph Kiner

"The reason the Mets have played so well at Shea this year is they have the best home record in baseball" - Ralph Kiner

"Chuck Hiller was a helluva hitter, but he had iron hands, You couldn't play him on rainy days; his hands would rust" - Ed Kranepool

"You can be stupid once, but idiotic to do it again. I'll settle for being stupid" - St Louis cardinals manager Tony La Russa, refusing to make any more predictions that his team would lift the title

"If Mike Scioscia raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third" - Tommay Lasorda

"There goes Rick Monday. He and Manny Mota are so old, they were waiters at the last supper" - Tommy Lasorda

"The average age of our bench is deceased" - Tommy Lasorda on veterans Vic Davalillo and Manny Mota

"Tonight, we're honouring one of the all-time greats in baseball, Stan Musial. He's immoral" - Johnny Logan

"The secret to keeping winning streaks is to maximise the victories while at the same time minimising the defeats" - John Lowenstein

"If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever" - Ron Luciano

"It's not that he's a bad outfielder. He just has trouble judging the ball and picking it up" - Billy Martin

"His reputation preceded him before he got there" - Don Mattingly

"When owner Charlie Finney had his heart operation, it took eight hours - seven just to find his heart" - Steve McCatty

"Trying to hit Phil Niekro was like trying to eat Jell-O with chopsticks" - Bobby Murcer

There you have your first 20 great Baseball quotes! Be sure to come tomorrow to look for the next set of great Baseball quotes!

Very soon there will also be a special edition dedicated solely to Yogi Berra!

Other great quotes from this series:

Twenty Great Baseball Quotes: Part One

Twenty Great Baseball Quotes: Part Two

Twenty Great Baseball Quotes: Part Four

Twenty Great Baseball Quotes: Part Five