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There are only five things you can do in baseball: run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.


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There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power.
LEO DUROCHER There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.
LEO DUROCHER If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other t...
WILLIE MAYS My life as Mrs. Leo Durocher and baseball come first.
LARAINE DAY I feel God has blessed us ballplayers with the ability to throw a ball, hit a ball, catch a ball and...
MIKE SWEENEY In baseball, you can do something poorly and still get credit. A pitcher could throw a bad ball, the...
BILLY BEANE They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
WILLIE MAYS I love this guy; he's going to be absolutely great. He can do everything. He can catch. He can block...
GARY HUGHES Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and h...
MONTE IRVIN I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
BARRY BONDS Tim pitched well for five innings and only gave up one run and one hit.
PHIL AMELIO I believe Karl is the best player in the state. He can do it all ... run, throw, hit. And he rarely ...
RICH BALZANO There aren't too many teams out there that we can't compete with, if we hit all our routines as well...
BRAD CATTERMOLE You can do anything you want with him. You can hit-and-run with him, bunt. We push the game with him...
TONY LA RUSSA I was a raw rookie in Arizona during spring training in 1947, but I could do three things. I could r...
BOBBY THOMSON Every show on television has a downward trend because there are so many more things to watch. You ca...
MARK BURNETT Major League Baseball and Holiday Inn are going to hit a home run. I just had to say that.
MARK SNYDER Casey can throw six pitches, and she can hit the spots with all of them. She does all the little thi...
JODIE KING In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
ALVIN DARK There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one ...
KENNY ROGERS If you don't throw it, they can't hit it.
LEFTY GOMEZ I'm trying to be like the old Roc- A-Fella and Bad Boy, influencing people culturally but having...
HIT-BOY Jay-Z called me onstage during my song that I produced for 'Watch the Throne?' That was surr...
HIT-BOY At this point, I'm really not going to worry about it. The only thing I can do is go out and hit the...
CRAIG WILSON You can put the [hit-and-run on], but the kids have to execute it. That was Mount Carmel baseball. W...
BRIAN HURRY There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
CASEY STENGEL You've got to hit the ball like the [left] fielder did, on a line. You've got to really jolt it to h...
TONY LA RUSSA He's tough. He's the real deal there. When you have three pitches you can throw for strikes, it's to...
TIM FUNKHOUSER The hit-and-run crash is not a hit-and run.
DAN PROFT Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes...
ERIC HEIDEN He's a strong runner. With Ricky, he can do so many different things. He's fast. He can run around y...
JASON GLENN Our lineup offers a lot of flexibility. We can hit people in different spots. And, we'll do a lot of...
JASON SWEARINGEN In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU They walked four guys and hit another in the seventh inning. When you're on our side in a situation ...
ED YATES I got to see some things other girls can do. Some of them can hit a long way. There are so many good...
CARLY WERWIE If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.
DAVID HASSELHOFF I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. I hit 70 one time on ...
BEN GIBBARD The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you ma...
HANK AARON Throw riches out of the window and hit me with music!
THUSH - THUSHARI NANAYAKKARA Their shots couldn't reach the ball field when we started. Now we can't hit drivers or three woods w...
DENNIS JOHNSON I'm trying to help him build his confidence. He can do a lot of things. He can field. He can hit. He...
ALFREDO AMEZAGA Now, with Jimmy Drew being a little more experienced, they should be able to throw the ball a little...
CHAD SPENCE You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
HAROLD PRINCE He can move runners, bunt and execute the hit-and-run.
DENNIS DEPER (Barthelemy) hit a hanging curve for his home run. The next home run came on a fastball on a 3-2 pit...
DON BUFORD What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn't hit, he doesn't run, he doesn't...
EARL WEAVER Want to hit Leo?
That is understandable
Hunk muffin earned it
RICK RIORDAN Life is a roller coaster.You can either scream every time you hit a bump or you can throw your hands...
UNKNOWN Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more ...
JAMES LEE BURKE Down at the end, Abel came through with a big shot and Devon hit some big free throws. That's what y...
BRAD RANSON He's going to catch [on Wednesday]. I plan to have him in there. And he's available to pinch-hit.
GRADY LITTLE There are some nuances to hitting in the eight hole. It's nothing that thousands of players haven't ...
BRAD AUSMUS You never expect to hit a home run off a guy like that, ... He's the best pitcher in baseball. He's ...
BRIAN MCCANN In our case, we didn't play our best defense. We didn't throw our best pitches, and we couldn't catc...
BOB BRUGLIO You have to give them credit. They hit-and-run well and did what they had to do to keep them in the ...
JACK LEGGETT All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It’s my game. I pitch, I hit, I...
RAY BRADBURY I've done it in batting practice, shagging and chasing down balls. I don't think it's that hard. Fly...
JOEL GUZMAN You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish unless you put you...
KATHY SELIGMAN I'd still say we're trying to work a balance because we need to run and pass. But when a team takes ...
DUSTIN FRY [On Friday,] Miguel Cabrera hit third and moved a runner over, and it produced a run. That's what it...
MICHAEL BARRETT Right as I was throwing the ball, my left hip got hit and opened up and [the pass] sailed inside for...
MATT BAKER In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU My doctor asked me how many golf balls I had hit in my career. I'm lying there in bed calculatin...
GREG NORMAN Things can get overwhelming and hit you by storm in the playoffs. But he's calm and collected.
HINES WARD There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they lit...
MEAT LOAF There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he ...
EARL WEAVER Any time you have an injury with your legs -- you use your legs for everything, to field, throw, to ...
ARAMIS RAMIREZ Men who hit do so because they can...someplace they enjoy or need to humiliate another. There is no ...
NA'AMA YEHUDA You don't see that. He hit the breaking ball down the left-field line for a home run and then hit th...
DON SLAUGHT I just pick it up and throw it. He hit it. They scored. We didn't. That's it. It's over. It's histor...
VIDA BLUE The thing about that is, I don't want the ball to hit him. If the throw wasn't going to beat him, I ...
ABRAHAM NUNEZ I wouldn't (classify myself as a power hitter). I mean, you can look at my numbers in the past and t...
PETER BERGERON In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field...
KEN HARRELSON You always expect to hit for more power.
BILLY BUTLER I have been around a lot of different personalities ? Walter Alston, Leo Durocher, Tommy Lasorda. I'...
PRESTON GOMEZ I have been around a lot of different personalities - Walter Alston, Leo Durocher, Tommy Lasorda. I'...
PRESTON GOMEZ We can run and we can hit people. I like that from (the defensive) standpoint.
BRET BIELEMA I hit him with the best punches I could throw and he wouldn't go away.
ANDY CARR There's a large oak tree in the Newton Centre park playground that is legendary because only a f...
JOHN KRASINSKI You really want to try to continue to pile up outs as often as you possibly can. Whether they get a ...
JAKE ARRIETA The girls stayed in there and they fought. I thought we hit the ball all over the place both games. ...
JANET CHARTNEY They can only do so much per year. But if you can manage [the power] better you can get longer run t...
DAVE HEACOCK We scored one run on a homer, but it was nice to see some other things go well. We had a couple guys...
RICH AURILIA He could throw the ball, he could run the ball, he could catch the ball and kick it. He was a well-r...
GAYLE KINGERY Men are stronger and hit harder, but some of these girls can hit.
BARRY CARTER [Rincewind] drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll.
TERRY PRATCHETT I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI Class AA is where you prove you can play, where you prove you can hit consistently good pitching. Ev...
BRIAN MCCANN Everybody was a little worried at first with the whole guys not swinging the bat, but you know what,...
KEVIN MILLAR We've got some team speed. We've got guys with baseball savvy out there that are willing and wanting...
AARON NIECKULA I don't think I have any guys that are going to hit 20 home runs, but I have a lot of guys who can m...
MIKE LANG We wanted to make things happen. Hit-and-run, steals, we wanted to put pressure on them.
GREG ALEXANDER He's a solid outfielder with a strong arm. He can hit to the opposite field and he has some power.
VIN ABENE When you hit a three-run triple, do you really need to get on third base, or do you need to stand on...
BRYCE HARPER THOUGHTS COME AND GO, WHAT CAN YOU CATCH AFTER ALL?
DEYTH BANGER He just hit a shot. It was contested and he hit the shot. Nothing you can do. We were in what we wan...
BRIAN CUPPLES I make substitutions based on who can hit a free throw. Keith Cochran is our most accurate free thro...
MIKE MCAFEE We've got to get on base and score when we have the opportunity. Even in the five or six hole, I'll ...
MARK LORETTA I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and c...
EARL WEAVER There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursu...
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LEO TOLSTOY Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest co...
LEO BUSCAGLIA What you are is God's gift to you, what you do with yourself is your gift to God.
LEO BUSCAGLIA The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people wan...
LEO BUSCAGLIA We all need each other.
LEO BUSCAGLIA Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
LEO BUSCAGLIA What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
LEO BUSCAGLIA We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ...
LEO BUSCAGLIA There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external f...
LEO BUSCAGLIA I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a...
LEO BUSCAGLIA If you are writing about baloney, don't try and make it Cornish hen, because that's the worst kind o...
LEO BURNETT I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good on...
LEO BURNETT Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.
LEO BURNETT Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.
LEO AIKMAN The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because i...
LEO STEIN If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business ...
LEO BURNETT Joy can only be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in...
LEO TOLSTOY In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith pr...
LEO BOOTH Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest c...
LEO BUSCAGLIA Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOY When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mu...
LEO BURNETT I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom a...
LEO TOLSTOY Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love mea...
LEO BUSCAGLIA The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because ...
LEO STEIN