Post your favorite comments by a MLB ballplayer

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer."

"I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit."



Ted Williams

[stlcardsfan]

Can we expand this to other sports? Couldn't pass up this classic:

ABA and NBA player Marvin "Bad News" Barnes apparently didn't get the concept of time zones, maybe thinking they were a variation of the 2-3 or matchup zone. When told that his team flight would depart Louisville, KY at 9:00 A.M. (EST) and arrive in St. Louis, MO at 8:59 A.M. (CST) Barnes told team radio guy Bob Costas: "I don't know about you, but I ain't gettin' in no time machine."

[mattsey9]

Loudmouth fan: "Control is more important than speed. I know truck drivers that can throw 95 miles per hour. "

Casey Stengel: "You got the names of those truck drivers?"

[Econteachert205]

The earl weaver managers corner where he discusses terry Crowley and tomato plants.

[uffda51]

Sportcaster interviewing Choo Choo Coleman:

Sportscaster: So, Choo Choo, tell us about your wife. What's her name and what's she like?

Choo Choo: Her name is Mrs. Coleman, and she likes me . . .

[PolarBear]

"Whoever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" - Frank Chance

[pokerplyr80]

If we include other sports, my favorite quote is Latrell Sprewell talking about his contract extension. He was making over $14 million that season.

"Why would I want to help them win a title? They're not doing anything for me. I've got a lot at risk here. I've got my family to feed."

[mybuddyinc]

"Never bet on the A's" -- Connie Mack

"Bases on balls, you idiot, bases on balls is the cause of all of this" -- George Stallings supposed last words dying of an unknown illness.

Interview after game 4 of 1972 WS. Angel Mangual interviewed for game winning hit, with Bert Campaneris translating:

Interviewer: "Angel, congratulations on your winning hit."
Campaneris ** Spanish translation **
Mangual (in English): "Thank you."
Interviewer: "You certainly battled up there, about how many balls did you foul off ?"
Campaneris ** Spanish translation **
Mangual (in English): "Oh, three or four."
Campaneris: "He say 'three or four.'"

[GoldenAge50s]

I always loved this one of many by Satchel Paige:


"Avoid fried foods, They angry up the blood".

[TAVG]

"they dont think it be like it is but it do" - oscar gamble