(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
BABE RUTHI won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.
More Babe Ruth Quotes
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Paris ain’t much of a town.
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Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
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Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.
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Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.
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Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
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I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me – all this I owe to the game of baseball.
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If you want to hit home runs, you’ve go to swing a lot.
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What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.
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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.
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Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.
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Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading.
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