Baseball Quotes - Page 83

You hit .350 you're a leader. You hit .250 and you're not.

Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.

Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.

I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.

I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!

This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.

Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

Hey Mantle, you win. You're the worst.

All I had was natural ability.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.

Well, I beat my man. Now it's up to you to beat yours.

Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.

If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.

Those people don't know how tough that really was.

There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it.

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight.

Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?

Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.

What did you say, Joe?

He said to play louder. He can't hear you.

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.