Quote of the Day

“Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.”

-George F. Will

Quote of the Day

"This was one of the places people told me to go, it was one of the big trips that you should see: Alaska."

-Jeff Goldblum

Consider it done, Jeff. Consider it done.

Quote of the Day

"It was all I lived for, to play baseball."
-Mickey Mantle

Quote of the Day

"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue.”

-George Will

The other ten percent is tears.

-Dave

Quote of the Day

“Wait 'til next century. No millennium can hold the Cubs. The Cubs are bound by nature to reaffirm the futile and confirm the inadequate.”

-Bernie Lincicome (columnist for the now defunct Rocky Mountain News)

“I believe he’s been reincarnated, that he played before, in the twenties and thirties, and he’s back to prove something.”

-Former teammate Mark McGwire on Albert Pujols

Quote of the Day

"President Taft believes in Base Ball. He tells his friends that it is a pastime worth every man's while and advises them to banish the blues by going to a ball game and waking up with the enthusiasts of the bleachers who permit no man to be grouchy among them"

-Spalding Official Base Ball Guide (1911)

Quote of the Day

"The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting."

-Hank Aaron

Quote of the Day

Today's quote is not so much a quote, but the journey of a one-time All Star-turned-crappy pitcher. No photos needed. You'll find all you need at the following links.

http://www.kbott.com/site.php
http://christianmusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsal/fr/KBtakemeback.htm

Quote of the Day

"Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion."

-Bill Klem

Quote of the Day

“When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.”

-Mark Fidrych

"I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."

-Carl Yastrzemski

Quote of the Day

"My career statistics weren't that great. There were some incredible highlights and some agonizing low lights. The truth is, I won't go to the hall of fame. But if a career can be measured by special moments, lessons learned, and a connection with people then I would stack mine up with oneness. Maybe there is an obligation to share. To try and learn from the experiences life puts us through."

-Jim Abbott

Quote of the Day

"Let me start by telling you this, (pointing at the committee chairman with his index finger) I have never used steroids, period."

-Rafael Palmeiro (Whatever, liar.)

"I'm not here to discuss the past. I'm here to be positive about this subject. Asking me or any other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem. . . . My lawyers have advised me that I cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family and myself. I intend to follow their advice."

-Mark McGwire (virtually killing any chance to be enshrined in Cooperstown)

"Everything I have heard about steroids and human growth hormones is that they are very bad for you."

-Sammy Sosa (suddenly forgetting how to speak English)

Quote of the Day

"I was thrilled to death, but I'd never gone on the field if I couldn't do the job in a professional way. It wouldn't be fair to the rest of the players. If it had looked like a 'pathetic' thing, I never would have gone near the field."

-Bert Shepard in The Man Who Pitched on One Leg (Baseball Digest : July 1986)

Quote of the Day

"People don't know this but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it."

-Bob Uecker

Quote of the Day

"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.”

-Gaylord Perry

Quote of the Day

From the "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." Department:

"I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better."

-Barry Bonds

Like what, specifically, Barry? And you are NOT under oath.

Quote of the Day

It just goes to show you that Cubs do truly suck when Mr. Cub, himself, speaks:

"People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. "

-Ernie Banks (about the Cubs' eternal suckitude)

Quote of the Day

“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.”

-Bob Feller