Yankees Birthday Quote of the Day

Today we welcome Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, who was as graceful as anyone who played the game. He started with the Padres but became really famous in his days with the Yankees and later winning a World Series with the Blue Jays. Whether making a great catch, hitting a home run or feuding with Reggie Jackson, Winfield was always in the news in New York. In honor of this all-time great, the quote of the day goes to Dave Winfield "You show me another player who's more qualified for the Hall of Fame than Winfield. Year after year, the man goes out there, drives in 100 runs, never fails to hustle in every play of the game." --Sparky Anderson, describing Dave Winfield.

Today we are celebrating the greatest relief pitcher in the history of the game---Mariano Rivera We are also celebrating him as the quote of the day because it is his 47th birthday. Bet you he could still play today and be dominating. The all-time save leader and first ballot Hall of Famer gets today's quote of the day. Congratulations to the great Mariano. "You know when you're coming to New York, you're going to get Mariano Rivera. It's not just before the game. I start thinking about him on the plane ride up." --Gabe Gross

Bryce Harper, even at his young age, needs no introduction. Despite an off year in 2016 after his record breaking 2015, Harper still ranks among the most feared hitters in baseball. As a tribute to his greatness, he gets the Baseball Quote of the Day. I'm sure he recognizes this as a great moment in his career. No, it's not, 'clown question, bro' baseballquotations.com "It's incredible to see him go there and play the game he plays. It's almost like he's got cheat codes to a baseball game." --Gio Gonzalez, on Bryce Harper

Lots has been said about The Ironman, Cal Ripken. A matter of fact you can find a lot of them at baseballquotations.com Thinking back over his streak, it has got to be one of the greatest accomplishments in baseball history. Most of his career was spent playing the most high pressure fielding position in baseball, outside of catcher. Yet, he never missed a game. Not only did he not miss games but he performed at an incredibly high level. He clearly is an all-time great. To celebrate his brilliance as a player, check out this quote said about him "In all the years I've been in the league, I have never seen him make a mistake in judgment. Never." --Tony LaRussa, on Cal Ripken

Today's Baseball Quote of the Day goes to Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx. He was one of the most feared power hitters of his era. This hilarious quote about Foxx comes from Lefty Gomez "When Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, he found six baseballs that Jimmie Foxx hit off me in 1937."--Lefty Gomez Check out sportsquotations.BlogSpot.com

Happy 102nd Birthday to one of the all-time greats--Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, the Yankee Clipper. In honor of what would have been his 102nd birthday, Joe DiMaggio gets the baseball quote of the day. \ "Baseball is not statistics: it's DiMaggio rounding second." --Jimmy Breslin Hundreds of DiMaggio quotes at www.baseballquotations.com

Today's Quote of the Day (as well as his birthday) goes to Hall of Famer, Joe 'Ducky' Medwick. Medwick spent most of his career with the Cardinals where he was National League MVP and Triple Crown Winner in 1937. Congratulations to Medwick on the Baseball Quote of the Day, "No game is ever won against the Cardinals until Medwick is out in the 9th." --Van Lingle Mungo

Today's Baseball Quote of the Day is about the one and only Greg Maddux--one of the top pitchers of the last quarter century and an all-time great.     "The ball is there and then it's not there. I've never seen anything like it." --Sandy Alomar Jr., on the pitching of Greg Maddux

Stan Musial was the most underrated great player in baseball history. I do admit to a bias, not because I'm a Cardinals fan, but because my dad was born the same exact day as Stan 'The Man' on November 21, 1920. Happy belated birthday to both great men. In honor of Stan Musial, here is great quote from Carl Erskine, "I've had pretty good success against Stan by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." --Carl Erskine

Baseball Quote of the day is honored to present today's quote to the player who is arguably the greatest of all-time, The Say-Hey Kid, Willie Mays. Teammate and fellow Hall of Famer, Willie McCovey, said of Willie Mays, "I don't think it is humanly possible for anyone to be better and more complete player than Willie Mays was. I saw him do things on a baseball field that no other human being would do."   Lots of Willie Mays quotes at www.baseballquotations.com

The great Joe Morgan, Hall of Fame Second Baseman, is today's recipient of the Baseball Quote of the Day. Who better than fellow Hall of Famer and former teammate Johnny Bench to provide us with the Baseball Quote of the Day. "Joe Morgan was as good as anyone I ever played with--In fact, he was the best." --Johnny Bench

Here is a great quote about Three Time MVP and Hall of Famer Roy Campanella, said by one of the all-time greats, Joe DiMaggio "Roy Campanella is the greatest catcher of my experience." --Joe DiMaggio If you love baseball quotes than get thousands of them at www.baseballquotations.com

"When I watch him play, I get goose bumps." --David Ortiz, talking about Derek Jeter

Congratulations to 2016 National League MVP, Kris Bryant. Rookie of the Year last year, MVP this year---only can imagine what his future will be. He deserves our baseball quote of the day, "Hopefully he stays healthy, and we'll see a Hall of Famer. I can say I played with him." --Miguel Montero, on Kris Bryant Check out lots of Bryant quotes and lots of other baseball player quotes at www.baseballquotations.com

"As big as he is, he's got wings on his shoes."---Vin Scully, on the fleet footed Mike Trout   Lots of Mike Trout Quotes and thousands of others at www.baseballquotations.com

"Throwing a fastball by Henry Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun past a rooster." --Curt Simmons Check out www.baseballquotations.com for thousands of baseball quotes

"When Sandy Koufax retired." --Willie Stargell, asked his greatest thrill in baseball