Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set

A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

Ballplayers who are first to the dining room are usually last in batting averages.

Women aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler.

He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted.

[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn.