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 adieu, lets look at the next 20 great quotes from Baseball!
"This has been a team effort. No one or two guys could have done all this" - Casey Stengal after the Mets lost 120 games in a season
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided" - Casey Stengal
"They're very much alike in a lot of similarities" - Casey Stengal
"A lot of people my age are dead at the present time" - Casey Stengal
"I am the most loyal player money can buy" - Don Sutton
"As a teenager, Gonzo [Luis Gonzalez] was so skinny he had to take steroids just to be on the chess team" - Greg Swindell
"Toronto pitcher David Wells was so disgusted with the Sports Illustrated cover depicting him as a big fat slob that he ate the first 50,000 copies" - Terry Toll
"I call my hairstyle the 'Watergate'. I cover up everything I can" - Joe Torre
"The last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series was in 1908. The last time they were in one was 1945. Hey, any team can have a bad century" - Tom Trebelhorn
"Nick Etten's glove fields better with Nick Etten out of it" - Joe Trimble
"What have they lost, nine of their last eight?" - Ted Turner
"I've never criticised my players in public, and I'll never do it again" - Bobby Valentine
"I was a victim of circumcision" - Pete Vukovich
"I see three baseballs, but I only swing at the middle one" - Paul Waner on the perils of drinking
"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona" - George Will
"Baseball is the only field of endeavour where a man can succeeded three times out of ten and be considered a good performance" - Ted Williams
"Why did I get married in a ballpark? My wife wanted a big diamond" - Mookie Wilson
"It went quickly, but it was like an eternity" - Dave Winfield
"You don't get your first home run too often" - Rick Wrona
"You don't want to have to walk back to the dugout with your head between your legs" - Dmitri Young
Next Time - The much anticipated Yogi Berra quote special!
Other great quotes from this series:
Twenty Great Baseball Quotes: Part One
Twenty Great Baseball Quotes: Part Two
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