Reds Baseball Quotes & Sayings

My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles. — Warren Giles

There must be a Hell. A place for demons. A place for the damned. Hell is Heaven's reflection. Heaven's shadow. They define each other. There must be a Hell for without Hell, Heaven has no meaning.
Remiel — Neil Gaiman

He felt, sometimes, like the keeper of memories-the one
who had to facilitate that invisible transition between the way it used to be and the way it would be
from now on. — Jodi Picoult

Another pop, this time followed by the tinkle of glass sprinkling on the floor. — James Dashner

October 1976 was the penultimate performance of Bench's Hall of Fame career. All the early success and awards and accolades thrown in his direction had prepared him for this moment - when the Big Red Machine became a dynasty by defending it's World Championship from the season before. — Tucker Elliot

It took exactly one month of regular season play for fans to accept Sparky [Anderson] - posting a 16-6 record out of the gate has that kind of effect. — Tucker Elliot

If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab. — Pete Rose

Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest. — Tommy Lasorda

It's hard to explain how this works, and I admit that it's fairly implausible or untenable as a way of life, but that seems to be how I go about my days: peaceably in person, fiercely on paper. — Katie Roiphe

If busyness, workaholism, unforgiveness, strife, child-rearing, careers, separate interests, boredom, or miscommunication has crept in between you and your wife, God can work through your prayers to bring down the wall that separates you, melt the armor that has been put on for self-protection, and mold you together in unity. — Stormie O'martian

The Big Red Machine was exactly that - a freaking machine. — Tucker Elliot

If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play? — George Carlin

[George] Foster lacks the name recognition outside of Cincinnati that other members of the Big Red machine maintain, but that doesn't diminish his contributions to the club - he followed his MVP campaign with three more seasons of 20-plus home runs and 90-plus RBIs, never mind the fact he batted .326 during three trips to the World Series. And just like Rose and Morgan and Bench during their MVP seasons, Foster can say, if only for that one summer, he was the best in the game. — Tucker Elliot

If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection? — Wole Soyinka

Even there a shining is flowing from all the stones
though the eyes are not yet made that can see it — W.S. Merwin

Sparky Anderson wasn't just my favorite manager ... he was my mom's favorite manager. — Tucker Elliot

True, [Gary Nolan] might not strike fear into the hearts of all you free-swinging power hitters out there - at least not in the same way as, say, Tom Seaver ... but without question he was one of the most talented pitchers in baseball during the Big Red Machine era, and except for countless injuries that plagued him year after year he'd have the numbers and awards to back up that claim. — Tucker Elliot

God won't give you marks if you don't work hard God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well — Malala Yousafzai

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement. — Jerry Coleman

Rose worked and played so hard that kids all across the country - not just in Cincinnati - were emulating him on sandlots everywhere, proud to dirty their jerseys doing a headfirst "Pete Rose" dive into cardboard boxes used for bases ... whether they needed to slide or not. — Tucker Elliot

Very few who manage a big league club are successful, fewer still are the ones who experience success over an extended period of time, but to achieve a level of success so extraordinary that it is given a category all it's own - "The Big Red Machine" - places Sparky [Anderson] in one of the most exclusive and elite clubs in baseball history. — Tucker Elliot

She made love with the freshness of an impatient virgin and the ingenuity of a sex-scarred whore. — Lawrence Block

Suffering is sent to remind us to turn our thoughts towards God, who will give us solace. — Radhanath Swami

It was one at bat during October 1975 that defined his [Joe Morgan's] place in baseball history and secured the legacy of the Big Red Machine, all with one swing. — Tucker Elliot