Jay Mohr Quotes

If you look at it long-term, I think eventually there will be a DH in the National League.

I like that the pitcher hits. I think that my feeling is that everybody should play a position. In order to hit, you have to play a position. That's just my view of it. I feel that's more baseball, and the games are managed different. I enjoy the National League, how it's played.

I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.

If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League.

There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.

Baseball players are not specialists; they all have to do it all. That is why I, and many aficionados, dislike the American League's practice of replacing the pitcher with a designated hitter. This creates two players who do not have to do it all.

Primarily, every rule change over the past ten years has been against the pitchers - lowering the mound and the designated hitter.

I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves out of the dark ages.

I grew up as a baseball player, and given my modest size, it was always clear that I would end up playing in the infield.

I was a fan of baseball growing up. We played baseball; I used to play in an A&P parking lot. It wasn't always easy to find a good baseball field to play in.

I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.

I think that baseball is still the most entertaining game because it's the simplest to watch.

There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.

High school baseball is a passion of mine.

My introduction to sports was through baseball. That's all I knew.

That's why, to me, Spring Training is so hard, because every time you go up there, there's a new pitcher, and you have to come up with a new plan.

As a hitter, I think if we wanted to change something, we should scoot the mound back. But that's never gonna happen.

I think anytime that you can eliminate the big hit, it's obviously not only going to be good for your team, but it's going to be good for yourself.

I don't watch baseball - it's too long and boring.

I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.

You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg.

I'm always just grinding and figuring out what adjustment I need to make and how to tweak my swing to where I want it to be for that game and that pitcher.

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

I wish I could go up every single time and have guys on base.

In baseball, nothing surprises me. I understand this is a business.