Lefty Gomez Quotes

When you hit a three-run triple, do you really need to get on third base, or do you need to stand on the double? You gotta be as smart as you can.

The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch, you're moving.

I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.

Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.

Clubs are taking away the steal of home. Not only are more pitchers throwing out of the stretch position, but more third basemen are playing closer to the bag. But another reason why nobody does it much anymore is that some guys, no matter how fast they are, just aren't comfortable trying to steal home.

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

I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind of a respectful thing.

I always liked the defensive part of baseball.

If there was no intentional walks, the guy would just walk him anyway, unintentionally intentionally walk him. You see a lot more of that than what meets the eye.

Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.

Certain guys, they can see a guy do a certain thing with their glove and know what pitch is coming. I couldn't do that. But I can get on first base and I can tell you by his move if that pitcher is going to first base or home plate every time.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

Even if I was tipping my pitches, I could have thrown pitches good enough to not be hit.

Anytime you're a defensive player and your eyes aren't on your key, you're going to have an issue.

It doesn't matter if we get a hit, a walk, hit by pitch; just trying to grind out at-bats.

I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about it and the way he looks at situations, when to try to drive a ball versus when to shoot a ball.

I try to think shorter swing with two strikes. That's how I was raised and taught the game of baseball.

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.

I'm just trying to affect the game in some way whenever I get an opportunity. If that's stealing a base, making a catch, beating out a double play, whatever it may be.

I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block shots.

I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."

Larry Lintz steals second standing up. He slid, but he didn't have to.

It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there and help him. A lot of players start thinking double then maybe wind up with a triple because the outfielder slips.

The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.