A recent issue of the AARP Bulletin (yes, I'm old enough to get it), culled several baseball quotations from Paul Dickson's book, "Baseball Greatest Quotations
." Here are a few of the better ones:"It ain't nothin' till I call it." -- Bill Klern, umpire
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental." -- Yogi Berra
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's wife without even considering if there is a man on base." -- Dave Barry
"I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands." -- Babe Ruth
"Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs." -- Tim McCarver
"Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster." -- Joe Adcock
"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win." -- Yogi Berra
"I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. The ball just doesn't get there as fast." -- Eddie Bane
"When they start the game, they don't say, 'Work Ball!' They say 'Play Ball!'" -- Willie Stargell
"When they start the game, they don't say, 'Work Ball!' They say 'Play Ball!'" -- Willie Stargell
"I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar." -- Bob Lemon
"All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a double-header." -- George Will
"Sure I played. Did you think I was born age 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?" -- Casey Stengel to Mickey Mantle
"Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?" -- Yogi Berra
"A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz." -- Humphrey Bogart
"As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit... and parking as close to the stadium as possible." -- Bill Vaughn
"If you don't succeed at first, try pitching." -- Jack Harshman
"So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face." -- Yogi Berra
"The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor." -- Cincinnati Gazette editorial, 1879
"Sure I played. Did you think I was born age 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?" -- Casey Stengel to Mickey Mantle
"Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?" -- Yogi Berra
"A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz." -- Humphrey Bogart
"As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit... and parking as close to the stadium as possible." -- Bill Vaughn
"If you don't succeed at first, try pitching." -- Jack Harshman
"So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face." -- Yogi Berra
"The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor." -- Cincinnati Gazette editorial, 1879
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