As Koufax Said...

by Mark Gola and Randy Voorhees

Book Overview

Who said the 400 best things about how to play baseball?

From the wisdom of Mickey Mantle ("A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own; a gang is where a coward goes to hide") to the wit of Nolan Ryan ("It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy") to the banter of the Babe ("I swing big and I miss big"), this one-of-a-kind collection features the most quotable advice on how to play the game from the greatest names...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071410147
• ISBN13: 9780071410144
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Quotes about how to play baseball and how concentration and thought are key

This book of quotations is not in the genre of Yogi'isms or Stengelese, sayings that have a sense of factual silliness about them. These quotes are about the game, how to play it and what it takes to be able to play it at the highest level. Most of the quotes are from players who were stars, yet some were from players that never accomplished a great deal. Some examples are: Luck is the residue of design - Branch Rickey Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time - Lou Brock Make your practices like game. Make your games like practices - John Herbold Of all the major sports, baseball is the most cerebral; it is a game of inches and anticipation, where preparation and molding a situation to your advantage is the difference between pennants and last place. In this book, you can see how success is made, practice, practice and practice. Even the stars talk about thousands of practice swings, thousands of times they practiced moving the ball from their glove to their throwing hand. There is also anticipation and knowledge of the situation, so that when a play begins, you know exactly what you will do whatever happens. It is also about studying the opposition, pitchers remember the exact pitch that a certain player hit well years earlier. What a great game it is!