They said it: This week’s baseball quotes
“I’d rather have a pitcher nobody is talking about who has won 15 games than somebody everyone is raving about who has won five. I’m a baseball manager, not a statistician.”
Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland, on analysts pointing out that Tigers ace Max Scherzer (19-2) has the second-highest run support of any major league pitcher.
“It felt like it was one of those dreams where you can’t run fast enough.”
San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, who missed by inches on a diving catch that would have clinched a perfect game for Yusmeiro Petit on Friday.
“At first, I was just waiting for somebody to say we’re pulling your leg here.”
— Milwaukee Brewers fan Wes Aldridge, to WTMJ radio, on becoming one of the fans to get a phone call of apology from suspended slugger Ryan Braun.
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