Mccarver Quotes & Sayings

As a new day begins in New York, the sun sets in Hawaii. — Tim McCarver

Speed slows down the game. — Tim McCarver

I hate if a man says anything laddy. 'You're sexy' or whatever. I just want someone to be friendly and a little bit flirty. — Kimberley Garner

A walk is as good as a home run. — Tim McCarver

Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes. — Tim McCarver

The Old Soul is more inclined to be a lifelong learner, constantly feeding his thirst for insight through his own persistent efforts. His learning has not been forced into him through education or learned out of obligation, but has been absorbed out of curiosity and personal choice. — Aletheia Luna

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit! — Tim McCarver

There was I, devouring books and yet allowing a man who had never read a book to walk me home for a bit of harmless fumbling on the front steps. — Edna O'Brien

I'd bet Sony has some similar stuff up their sleeves they're just playing on the internet outrage for free PR. You're all being played! — Cliff Bleszinski

When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6 apart. — Tim McCarver

The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder. — Tim McCarver

And those who can see the departed usually see only a gray mist where you might be. Or they'll feel a rush of cold air when you walk past. But I can see you, touch you, hear you, pretty much anything you. — Darynda Jones

You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can't bomb it into peace. Power to the peaceful. — Michael Franti

When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart. — Tim McCarver

One thing about ground balls: they don't go out of the ballpark. — Tim McCarver

That pitch wasn't down and in, that pitch was down and up. — Tim McCarver

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country ... You're forgotten by Thanksgiving. — Tim McCarver

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I believe any malevolent supercivilisation would have rapidly self-destructed as we may be in the process of doing ourselves. If we do have contact, physical contact with aliens, I think it will be benign. — Arthur C. Clarke

The only difference between resigning and resigning is a hyphen. — Tim McCarver

Yankee pitchers have had great success this year against Cabrera when they get him out. — Tim McCarver

I was even starting to relax - a little - until he took me to his parents' house for dinner. I've never met two people more in need of a divorce. They bickered and fought all evening. Royce said that's how they express their love. I don't believe him. I mean, please. You tell me if you feel the love from this conversation (written word for word as I remember it):
Linda: Elliot, be a dear and get me another drink.
Elliot: Get it yourself.
Linda: Get up and fix me a drink, you lazy man.
Elliot: Woman, don't push me on this. I've finally gotten comfortable.
Linda: (sugary sweet smile) I'll push you only when you're standing on a bridge.
Elliot: If I were standing on a bridge and saw you coming, you wouldn't have to push me. I'd
jump.
See? Does that sound "loving" to you? — Gena Showalter

IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they are created. If you don't write at all you won't know how "great" that simple book can be. — Shiree McCarver

I managed Dal Maxvill, and he's now our general manager. I managed Bob Gibson. He's a broadcaster. Tim McCarver. Bill White. Nellie Briles. He used to be a broadcaster. I tried to count them up one time. — Red Schoendienst

Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove. — Tim McCarver

When you swing upon a memory So dark and far away You get caught upon a mystery That guides you through the day. Although you're standing weak And don't know your way around I will always be there For you when you're down. — Colleen Hoover

In many ways, it is easier to hit a pitcher when he is wild. — Tim McCarver

I think Tim Wakefield would even say tonight that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight, — Tim McCarver

My big fight is not in the movie and I don't understand that decision but I know he's right about it, whatever it is. Quentin did not hire me because I'm a kung fu expert; he hired me because he liked to listen to me talk. — David Carradine

When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches. — Tim McCarver

Like us as Black", beg the chess pieces," and you will anyway like us as White — Isaac Boleslavsky

As an actor, it's so, so rewarding and so pleasing to not be reprimanded. — Joshua Sasse

Something to keep in mind - it's raining lightly. The infield could be very wet on ground balls. — Tim McCarver

Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs. — Tim McCarver

Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple. — Tim McCarver

If somebody told me back in 1980 that I would have a 32-year career, and that I'd be [elected into the Hall of Fame], I'd say no way. For three years, I couldn't even break into the Phillies broadcast booth. I was just hoping to make it, much less be mentioned as a Ford Frick winner. Believe me, when I started out, this award wasn't even close to being on the radar. — Tim McCarver

Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch. — Tim McCarver

Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones. — Tim McCarver