Diamond Quotes

“Our pitching staff is a conspiracy of ifs.”

branch rickey

“The only thing dumber than a pitcher is two pitchers.”

ted williams

“If a man can beat you, walk him.”

satchel paige

“Nearly everyone’s son wants to be a baseball player. Why not? What other profession could he choose where he can slide around in the dirt, never work when it rains, and spit whenever he wants to?”

erma bombeck

“When a man proves himself, has shown that he’s a Big Leaguer, why I think those are the fellows should get the dough. Not some youngster who doesn’t know his way into the ballpark yet.”

lefty o’doul

“You go through the Sporting News for the last one hundred years, and you will find two things are always true. You never have enough pitching, and nobody ever made money.”

donald fehr

“If we’re gonna win, the players gotta play better, the coaches gotta coach better, the manager gotta manage better, and the owners gotta own better.”

george scott

“Baseball is not the sport of the one percent.”

peter gammons