There is no defense against the base on balls.

Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove you haven't got what it takes.

Billy Loes was the only player in the majors who could lose a ground ball in the sun

He's one of those Christmas Eve guys. There are people like that... every day in their lives is Christmas Eve.

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.

There is no defense against the base on balls.

My first baseman is George "Catfish" Metkovich from our 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates team, which lost 112 games. After a terrible series against the New York Giants, in which our center fielder made three throwing errors and let two balls get through his legs, manager Billy Meyer pleaded, "Can somebody think of something to help us win a game?" "I'd like to make a suggestion," Metkovich said. "On any ball hit to center field, let's just let it roll to see if it might go foul."