: You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have
: a lot of little boy in you, too.
: -Roy Campanella
當一個職棒球員你必須是個男子漢，同時保有最初的童真。
: When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field
: and it's one big glove.
: -Vance Law
當你低潮的時候，外野看起來就像一個超巨大的手套。 (當你有觀念時也是)
: Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the
: other team controls the ball.
: -Ken Harrelson, Sports Illustrated, 6 September 1976
棒球是我所知的運動中，唯一由防守方持球的。
: If a horse can't eat it, I don't want to play on it.
: -Dick Allen, on artificial turf, 1970
如果馬不能吃，我就不想在上面打球。 (討厭人工草皮?)
: Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world.
: If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get
: you off.
: -Bill Veeck
棒球是這個失序的世界中唯一理性的事物。當你三好球時，連最棒的律師也救不了你。
: Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really
: appreciated.
: -Author Unknown
棒球是犧牲真正被讚揚的地方。 (真的嗎?那大家怎麼那麼討厭點點點...)
: I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life
: are good friends and a good bullpen.
: -Bob Lemon, 1981
我的結論：人生中最重要的是好朋友，和好的牛棚。 (Santana想必很認同)
: Sandy's fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he
: was on his way to the mound.
: -Jim Murray, on Sandy Koufax
Sandy的速球快到爆炸，有些打者在他上投手丘的途中就揮棒了。
: I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting
: practice.
: -Casey Stengel, 1967
我是一個如此危險的打者，連打擊練習時都被故意四壞保送。
: A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed
: into two-and-one-half hours.
: -Ray Fitzgerald, in Boston Glove, 1970
一個批評家曾說：棒球是把六分鐘的動作，塞到兩個半小時中。
: There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and
: Willie Shakespeare.
: -Tallulah Bankhead
這世上曾有過兩個天才。Willie Mays跟威廉莎士比亞。(660 Hr，史上排名第四)
: Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their
: mouths like Bordeaux wine.
: -Pat Conroy
棒球迷熱愛數字。他們會把數據像波爾多葡萄酒一樣品嘗。(獻給版上專業的
版友們)
: Baseball? It's just a game - as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet, as
: complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, business -
: and sometimes even religion.
: -Ernie Harwell,
棒球是一支棒子和一顆球的簡單遊戲，也是整個美國精神的象徵。它是運動，是
生意，也是一種信仰。
: Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
: when they're already there?
: -Larry Anderson
為什麼已經在球場中的人要高唱 "帶我去看球賽"？
: I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that
: the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the
: price of the seats.
: -Bill Veeck
二十年來我發現：對球賽的知識多寡，和他所坐位置的票價成反比。
: I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the
: ball and started trying to make them hit it.
: -Sandy Koufax
當我從試圖讓打者揮空棒，變成讓打者擊中球時，我就成為了一個優秀的投手。
: Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
: -Warren Spahn
打擊是節奏，投球是去擾亂這種節奏。
: Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.
: -Woodie Held
別忘記要隨時奮力一擊，以防你不小心打中球。 (Sexson的信念??)
: A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the
: company's time.
: -William C. Feather
在公司偷看球賽有兩倍的樂趣。 (這次奧運應該很多人很認同)
: Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man
: has ever come to perfection.
: -Red Smith
本壘板和一壘間的九十呎，也許是一個男人最接近完美的距離。 (Ichiro內安魂)
: The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game.
: The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.
: -Chuck Tanner
世界上最爽的是贏一場大聯盟比賽。第二爽的是輸一場大聯盟比賽。
: Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.
: -Ernie Harwell
棒球是沒有音樂的芭蕾，沒有台詞的戲劇。 (所以常常有劇場?)
: You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do
: at the plate.
: -Duke Snider
當打者的打擊看起來和你一樣鳥蛋的時候，你就知道投了一場好球。
: It actually giggles at you as it goes by.
: -Rick Monday, on Phil Niekro's knuckleball
當它經過的時候彷彿在嘲笑你。 (形容Phil Niekro的蝴蝶球)
: Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but
: not everything.
: -Toby Harrah, 1983
棒球數據就像比基尼女孩，她露了很多，但不是全部。
: Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed
: mothers and cheating on your income tax.
: -Mike Royko
討厭洋基邪惡帝國就像蘋果派、未婚媽媽、和逃漏稅一樣，非常的美式風格。
: Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you
: have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same
: width.
: -Bill Veeck
棒球是給一般人的運動。想打籃球你必須有7呎6吋高，想打美式足球你則必須有
那麼寬。
: "You can't hit what you can't see."
: -Walter Johnson
看不到，一定打不到。
: "Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off
: to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a
: slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking."
: -Gene Mauch, Phillies manager
當你季初表現不好，你是慢熱。季中表現不好，你是陷入低潮。季末還表現不好
，那你真可悲。
: "The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson
: play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch
: Reggie Jackson play every day."
: -Graig Nettles
當洋基球員最棒的是能看Reggie Jackson打球。最糟的也一樣。
: "You don't face Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against
: that makes me go to bed before midnight."
: -Reggie Jackson
沒有充足的休息，你無法面對Ryan。他是唯一能讓我提早上床的人。
: "Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle -
: once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun."
: -Ron Luciano, umpire
把人趕出球場就像學騎腳踏車。當你學會了，你會覺得超爽。 (某裁判名言@@)
: "The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go
: somewhere he's never been, and the owner says, 'You mean third base.'"
: -Henny Youngman, comedian
某打者要求老闆給他加薪，讓他能去從未去過的地方玩。老闆回答他：
"你是說三壘嗎？"
: "I don't want them to forget Ruth. I just want them to remember me!"
: -Hank Aaron
我沒有要他們忘了貝比魯斯。我只是要他們記得我! (漢克阿倫)
: "Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game.
: Home is where the heartache is."
: -Ron Luciano, umpire
裁判的天堂就是每天都能當三壘審的地方。本壘是心痛之處。(是婊人的地方吧)
: "There were times last year when people looked at the scoreboard and
: thought my batting average was the temperature."
: -Buck Martinez, on his . 162 performance
去年人們看著記分板，還以為我的打擊率是當時的氣溫。
: "If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is
: swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got - nobody remembers them."
: -Pee Wee Reese
如果讓職業生涯重來一次，我會做更多揮擊。沒有人會記得我得到的1200次保送。
: "The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob
: Gibson and my daddy."
: -Dusty Baker
一生中曾經讓我感到害怕的人，是Bob Gibson和我老爸。
: "Fans don't boo nobodies."
: -Reggie Jackson
球迷不會噓無名小卒。
: "One of my goals in life was to be surrounded by unpretentious, rich
: young men. Then I bought the Braves and I was surrounded by
: twenty-five of them."
: -Ted Turner, owner
我的人生目標是被謙遜又有錢的年輕人圍繞。所以我買下勇士隊，於是我有了
25個這樣的人。
: "Baseball is dull only to dull minds." -Red Smith, sportswriter
只有死腦袋的人會覺得棒球無聊。
: "I couldn't see well enough to play when I was a boy, so they gave me
: a special job - they made me the umpire."
: -Harry S. Truman, thirty-third president of the United States
我小時候因為看不清楚無法打球。所以他們讓我當裁判。
: "The ball is smaller, the planets are in line, the hole in the ozone
: layer is bigger, and so is Juan Gonzalez."
: -Terry Mulholland, on why more home runs are being hit these days
球比地球小多了，Juan Gonzalez這個漏洞卻跟臭氧層破洞一樣大。
: "The only way I'm going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray
: paint."
: -Reggie Jackson, on his fielding skills
我想拿到金手套的唯一方法，是去弄一罐金色噴漆。(Reggie Jackson守備很差嗎?)
: "Most coaches remain anonymous until they screw up. If a third base
: coach goes the entire season without being interviewed after a game,
: it means he had a perfect season."
: -Jay Johnstone
: "All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a
: double-header."
: -George F. Will
我對我1967年的婚禮唯一的記憶，是小熊隊在雙重賽中輸球。
: "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I
: like to live as big as I can."
: -Babe Ruth
我總是揮大棒。不是轟一支大的，就是揮棒落空。我喜歡這樣豪邁地活著。
: "Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa."
: -Casey Stengel, manager
強投永遠能壓制強打，反之亦然。
: "I knew it would ruin my arm. But one year of 25-7 is worth five of 15-15."
: -Steve Stone, Orioles pitcher, on his Cy Young season
我知道我的手可能會廢了，但投出一年25勝7敗，總比投五年15勝15敗還要值得。
: "There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last
: time. I owe him my best."
: -Joe DiMaggio
可能會有某個孩子是第一次，或最後一次看我比賽。我要給他們最好的表現。
: "Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is . . . well,
: an umpire."
: -Ron Luciano, umpire"
一個說自己從未誤判的裁判......就只是個裁判。
: "This winter I'm working out every day, throwing at a wall. I'm 11-0
: against the wall."
: -Jim Bouton
整個冬天我都跑去朝牆壁投球。我跟牆壁之間已經11勝0敗了。
: "Baseball isn't keeping up with science. Satellites are sending accurate
: signals from outer space to earth, but coaches still have trouble
: transmitting signals from third base to home."
: -Ellis Clary
: "I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, 'Go foul. Go
: foul.'"
: -Lefty Gomez
我職業生涯中常常跟球對話。我大喊著 "快出界！快出界！"
: "See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got
: a chance to be a star. Now that fella over there, he's 20 years old,
: too. In 10 years he's got a chance to be 30."
: -Casey Stengel
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