"He (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it, but when he got two strikes on you, he'd break out one that even he didn't know where it was going." ~~Brooks Robinson

"He (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it, but when he got two strikes on you, he'd break out one that even he didn't know where it was going." - Brooks Robinson

"There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power." ~~Leo Durocher

"He's learning to say hello when it's time to say good-bye." ~~Frank Graham

Frank Graham noting how Yankees outfielder Bob Meusel was becoming more friendly late in his career.

"The team in first place on the Fourth of July will win the pennant." ~~Unknown

I've heard this one a lot. Sometimes not true though.

"Yes, I have." ~Joe DiMaggio

Hall of Famer Joe Dimaggio, responding to his wife Marilyn Monroe, who had told him of the reception U. S. troops in Korea had given her. "It was so wonderful Joe. You've never heard such cheering."

"Yes, I have."

"It is a beautiful day for baseball." ~~Ernie Banks

Every day. Always. Forever.

"The trades you don't make are your best ones." ~~Branch Rickey

"You can't steal first." ~~Unknown

This one is an old baseball adage, supposedly first said by a manager who apparently wasn't fearful of Eddie Mayo's speed.

"Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business and too much of a business to be called a sport." ~~Phil Wrigley

"Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you." ~~Leo Durocher