Category Archives: quote of the day

Daily Quote: “You forget about it whether it was a 15-2 or 3-2. It’s still a loss. It doesn’t matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.” This quote shows how honorable and humble and positive the Captain was as a leader.

“A wise man once said a baseball takes funny bounces.” Bob Gibson describing the aspect of anything can happen in baseball. As one of the greatest pitchers of all-time, Gibson had some earned runs due to funny hops and bounces his defense couldn’t control.

“Trying to lift Carl Hubbell’s screwball was like a guy trying to hit fungus out of a well.” Frankie Frisch describing years after retirement, to Baseball Digest magazine, how lethal of a screwball Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell threw (one of the first pitchers to perfect the pitch).

“He couldn’t hit a curveball with an ironing board.” Quoted by Hall of Fame starting pitcher Bob Feller in Newsweek inquiring on Michael Jordan wanting to become a Chicago White Sock in 1994.