Diamond Quotes

Diamond Quotes “There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.” tommy lasorda “Baseball is simple but never easy.” roger angell “As you get older, you slow down and the infielders back up because they’ve got more time to throw you out at first. At the same time, you lose a little power, so the outfielders move in because you aren’t hitting the ball so far. When they shake hands, you’ve had it.” paul waner “You don’t always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.” carl yastrzemski “First division teams think that whenever a star is developed, all they have to do is advertise that they will pay thousands of dollars for him and then double the salary he’s getting from his present club. To my mind that is the biggest menace baseball faces right now.” connie mack “Baseball owners have moral scruples against taking any man’s dollar when there is a chance to take a dollar and a quarter.” red smith “Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work.” charlie gehringer “A homer a day will boost my pay.” josh gibson “My position is that while the players don’t deserve all that money, the owners don’t deserve it more.” jim bouton ...