Random Quotes on/about Baseball...

I feel safe in saying that the MLB season has officially started. Pitchers and catchers have reported. Games have been played. My dad has tickets to the All-Star Game (and Weekly activities). So with that in mind I started to think about great quotes about Baseball, from baseball players, or just referencing baseball.

Here are my personal favorites.

"How did that conversation go from you talking about your vibrator, to him talking about baseball?" -- Yours truly (very proud of this one!)

"I'm too much speed in my mouth!" -- Ricky Henderson, on why he says the crazy things his does.

"The day I become a good loser, I'm quitting baseball. I always had a temper. I think it's nothing to be ashamed of. If you know how to use it, it can help. Temper is something the good Lord gave me and I can't just throw it out the window." - Billy Martin in the Sporting News (10/26/1968)

For the next few they are all the gems of a great man. Catcher and quote machine Yogi Berra:

"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."
"Baseball is ninety percent mental, the other half is physical."
"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."
"So I'm ugly. So What? I never saw anyone hit with his face."

Move quotes about baseball:

A good friend of mine used to say, 'This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.' Think about that for a while." -- Bull Durham

"There are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary. And there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance." -- Bull Durham


"The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again" -- Field of Dreams

Serrano: "Ahh, Jesus, I like him very much, but He no help with curveball." .
Haris: "Are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"" -- Major League

Needless to say....I am so glad it's baseball season again!  Go Cubs!

Valentine's Day -- Hallmark's Best Invention

Poor Little guy

A friend last week pointed out that "Valentines Day is really singles awareness day!" I put in my two cents to amend that quote to "Valentines Days, singles awareness day. Brought to you by Hallmark (now with more Jack Daniels than any other Holiday)!"  I also think it warrants consideration that the original quote was from a FEMALE friend.

I've never been a big fan of the day. Even when I was in a relationship it seemed like it was the one day of the year you were forced to do something. My personal philosophy is to spread the love out. Why give flowers on the day they're expected? Why not give them on an unexpected day to show that you care, not just that you remembered it was February 14th? That's just my two cents.
That got me thinking about quotes on love/relationships/marriage and the such. So, I did what any blogger in this day and age does. I turned to google and decided to cut and past some quotes. So without further ado, and even less work....

My contribution to Valentine's Day

(via other people's quotes)

"I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun."-- Eddie Albert (actor)

"The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end." -- Benjamin Disraeli (author, statesman)

"The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to step back and see where the wife was wrong." -- Archie Bunker (comedian, actor)

"Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking." -- Chinese Proverb

"Immature love says "I love you because I need you." Mature love says "I need you because I love you." -- Erich Fromm (social psychologist)

"My heart is a flower, that blooms every hour. I believe in the power, of love." -- Amos Lee (singer) Song: Flower

Now, if you are looking for some tunes to bump for this holiday that let others know of you apathy for the day then here is a little playlist for your anti-Valentines day listening pleasure. Songs so anti love or relationship...or just down right depressing that you can't go wrong! Guaranteed to depress you or just help kick you out of the lovey dovey funk of the day:

1. Love Stinks -- J. Geils Band
2. Love Hurts -- Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris
3. One more Minute -- "Weird" Al Yankovic
4. U and UR Hand -- Pink
5. (I hate) Everything about You -- Ugly Kid Joe (had to dig deep for that one!)
6. She Hates Me -- Puddle of Mudd
7. Song for the Dumped -- Ben Fold Five
8. Alone and Forsaken -- Neko Case
9. Run for your life -- The Beatles
10. F**K YOU -- CeeLo
11. $1000 Wedding -- Gram Parsons
12. What She's Doing Now -- Garth Brooks
13. Won't You Please Be Nice -- Nellie McKay (give it a listen if you've never heard it!)
14. How soon is now? -- The Smiths (can't have a mellow playlist without the Smiths)
15. Spark -- Tori Amos

So there you go...15 songs destined to either depress you to no end or show your Anti-Love mood on this the most crappy of all greeting card holidays! (at least the as long as you are single I guess)

TV Quote....

Not sure why this quote makes me laugh so much! But, here is the quote that keeps me laughing over and over right now!

"Ugh...it's going to take a shoebox full of blow to get me through this dreck."

I have to laugh my ass evetime I watch this episode...Just thought I would share..

Thanks Kirk!

Proof that the writers strike has a far reaching effect!

Kirk Herbstreit Quotes:

On Juice Williams: If you are a fan of College Basketball, Juice would be your point guard

OR: maybe if you are a fan of College Football…he would be your quarterback!!

After USC jumps out to a 14-0 lead….. : If you are an Illini fan this is not the start you were hoping for!

REALLY: I was really hoping that the Illini would start off being down more! Jackass!

On the Illini starting the second half down 21-3.... "I think the Illini have put themselves in a very DISCOMFORTABE position."

OK: Two things: 1) is DISCOMFORTABLE a real word? 2) I think the llini really think they have the upper hand down by 18 points!! again...Thanks JACKASS!!

After a 79 yard Touchdown run by the Illini..."Illinios and Mendenhall have gotten USC right back into this game, the Illini really have a chance to comeback and win now!"

SIGH.....is he getting paid!?