Search or find what you thought you lost

50 quotes found searching on Team: Indians

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.

Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher
HOF 1962; a.k.a. "Rapid Robert"

I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar.

Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher
HOF 1976

Yeah, you can pitch him low, but as soon as you throw the ball, run and hide behind second base.

Giving fatalistic advice on pitching to Ted Williams

Louis "Lou" Boudreau
Cleveland Indians
Manager

Some night Zahn's going to deliver the ball, and by the time it gets there, he's going to find out the batter has been waived out of the league or traded.

On the slow speed of Minnesota pitcher Geoff Zahn's pitches

Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher
HOF 1976

I had to take it, but I fought back by hitting the ball as far as I could.

On facing racism in 1947 as the first African American player in the American League

Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby
Cleveland Indians
Outfield
HOF 1998

Baseball is a game unlike others because to play it, you do not need to be either seven feet tall or seven feet wide.

William Louis "Bill" Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Owner
HOF 1991

Borchert Field, an architectural monstrosity, was so constructed that the fans on the first-base side of the grandstand couldn't see the right fielder, which seemed perfectly fair in that the fans on the third-base side couldn't see the left fielder. "Listen," I told them, "this way you'll have to come back twice to see the whole team."

As co-owner of the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers, referring to the exceptionally high corners at the 1888-vintage ballpark's grandstand which could hide the closest outfielder from a given spectator's view

In the 1940's

William Louis "Bill" Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Owner
HOF 1991

Boy, they must have had a helluva game there last night.

In the midst of the Polo Grounds demolition as the team bus drove past the site on the way to a game at Yankee Stadium

June 1964

Richard Edward "Dick" Donovan
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher

There is no more beautiful sight in the world than a ballpark full of people!

William Louis "Bill" Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Owner
HOF 1991

One by one, Lou introduced me to each player. 'This is Joe Gordon,' and Gordon put his hand out. 'This is Bob Lemon,' and Lemon put his hand out. 'This is Jim Hegan,' and Hegan put his hand out. All the guys put their hand out, all but three. As soon as he could, Bill Veeck got rid of those three.

The first black player in the AL, upon suiting up for his initial game as a Major Leaguer on July 5, 1947, and being introduced to his teammates by player-manager Lou Boudreau

Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby
Cleveland Indians
Outfield
HOF 1998

previous 1 2 3 4 5

Search for quotes here! You can put in multiple words, or if you want to search on a particular phrase, "wrap it in quotes".

There are 1537 quotes in the database currently
List quotes by: Team | Location | Position | Name
Or Search:
Welcome Lynx Users
Todays Quote
Search The Quotes
Feature Length Quotes
About This Site
Charities
Links
Home Plate







If you have any suggestions or any favorite baseball quotes please drop us a note at quotes@webcircle.com
Brought to you by WebCircle