Bill James Quotes

When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.

If I could run like Mantle I'd hit .400 every year!

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.

To this day, with all of these muscle-bound guys, nobody hit the ball further than Mickey Mantle, with his natural strength.

You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.

I think that, because of the way I catch, that I'm one of the best catchers to have ever played baseball.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

I like to see my name in the box score.

I know I can hit. My defense has been there. I'm trying to show what I can do on the basepaths as well.

The Glove is in the Hall of Fame with the greats.

Man, it literally starts from after the game. I get every at-bat sent to me from the game. I'll go home, I'll watch every at-bat, kind of break down the game, kind of see, OK, what did I do? Why'd I miss this pitch? Why'd I hit that pitch?

Moise Kean is Moise Kean and Lukaku is Lukaku. It doesn't make sense to make these comparisons.

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

My dad was big about talking about baseball and Latin players.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

Usually, if I do a good job in the plus/minus category, I know I've had a good game.

Sometimes fans, sometimes even players, they don't know the game sometimes, and they look at numbers, or they use smoke-and-mirrors as far as who's a top 15 player, who's a top 20 player.

In professional football, there are always going to be critics.

As cricketers we're judged on the average we have from being a 21-year-old who's just come into international cricket to the day you retire.

What I don't like too much really is individual comments about the performances of the players after the game.

To me, the preseason is the most over-analyzed 10 plays or whatever it is - ever.

Well, I mean, I like to be pretty athletic off the mound in terms of taking care of my job, which is covering first base, fielding bunts in certain situations, fielding slow rollers to the first base and having to communicate and direct traffic.

The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.

You hit .350 you're a leader. You hit .250 and you're not.