Originally Posted by George Foster

I don't know why people like the home run so much. A home run is over as soon as it starts.... The triple is the most exciting play of the game. A triple is like meeting a woman who excites you, spending the evening talking and getting more excited, then taking her home. It drags on and on. You're never sure how it's going to turn out.

Originally Posted by Casey Stengel

Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.

Originally Posted by Ken Harrelson

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.

Originally Posted by Jim Murray, on Sandy Koufax

Sandy's fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.

Originally Posted by Sandy Koufax

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

Originally Posted by George F. Will

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.