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The score is nothing to nothing and nobody's winning.

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher
HOF 1953

A lotta folks who ain't saying ain't, ain't eatin'. So, Teach, you learn 'em English, and I'll learn 'em baseball.

Said on the air in response to an English teacher who wrote to him, complaining that he shouldn't use the word "ain't" on the air, as it was a bad example to children

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher
HOF 1953

Well, Pee Wee, I've been watching him for four innings and I believe that's a baseball he's throwing.

When Pee Wee Reese asked what a pitcher was throwing

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher
HOF 1953

(His fastball) makes mine look like a change of pace.

Describing Satchel Paige with forgivable (and typical) exaggeration

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher
HOF 1953

When I'm on the road, my greatest ambition is to get a standing boo.

Alan Thomas "Al" Hrabosky
St. Louis Cardinals
Relief Pitcher
a.k.a. "The Mad Hungarian"

Dot poy can rrrrun like a canteloupe.

With his heavy German accent and oft-misinterpreted English, describing one of his young ballplayers noted for his base stealing

In 1883
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm "Chris" von der Ahe
St. Louis Browns
Owner

I'm never surprised by anything I do.

Upon striking out 17 batters in a World Series game, breaking the previous record of 15, when asked afterwards if he had been surprised at what he had just done

October 2, 1968
Robert "Bob" Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher
HOF 1981

Hitting is rhythm and if you allow major-league hitters to see only one pitch -- to swing repeatedly through a certain area of the plate -- eventually they'll get to you and begin to hit it, even if it's a great fastball. But anybody who can control and switch off between two first-class pitches will make the hitters start reaching, either in or out, and then the game belongs to the pitcher. Besides all that, Bob had such great stuff and was so intimidating out there that he'd make the batter open up his front shoulder just a fraction too fast, no matter what the count was. The other key to good hitting, of course, is keeping that shoulder -- the left shoulder for a right-handed batter, I mean, and vice-versa -- in place, and the most common flaw is pulling it back. Gibson had guys pulling back that shoulder who normally wouldn't be caught dead doing it. Their ass was in the dugout, as we say.

On his former batterymate, Bob Gibson

James Timothy "Tim" McCarver
St. Louis Cardinals
Catcher

The Phillies let Bob Boone go (after the 1981 season) because they said he couldn't throw anymore -- a terrible rap. So he goes over to the Angels and leads the league in throwing out runners and takes the Angels right to the doorstep of the World Series. He's conscientious and always in great shape, and his throwing is only a little part of it. I never could throw well, so I always thought calling a game was the biggest thing. That will never become a noted part of the game, because there are no stats for it, and the fans don't care about it, and most of the scouts don't know a whole lot about it, either. Even today, scouts and some managers will say, "He can really catch" when they mean, "He can really throw". This is real bullshit, because throwing just isn't a very important part of it, when you think about it. Gene Mauch is one of the few managers who really understood and appreciated catching. I always felt some resentment about not being appreciated, but that was balanced out by pitchers who knew what I was doing back there. Some of them didn't appreciate me until the time came when they had to pitch to somebody else.

James Timothy "Tim" McCarver
St. Louis Cardinals
Catcher

They (the Braves) started some sh*t. We finished the sh*t. And that’s how we roll. No one f**ks with us ever. Ever. All right. Now, I don’t give a f**k who we play. We’re gonna f**k them up. We’re gonna take it right to 'em the whole f**king way. We’re gonna kick their f**king ass.

In his locker room speech after winning Game 5 of the NLDS against Atlanta to advance to the NLCS, where they were promptly dispatched in a sweep by Washington despite the pep talk

October 9, 2019
Mike Shildt
St. Louis Cardinals
Manager

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