05/15/24 Grif.Net - Dance + Answers to Baseball Quotation Quiz
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For the spring prom school dance, a shy boy asked out the girl he liked.
To get flowers for her, he had to stand in a line outside the florist for an hour.
To make things worse, he had to wait another hour in a line outside the tuxedo shop.
Finally, he made it to the dance with the girl. The girl wanted to have some apple punch, so the boy went to get it.
To his surprise, there was no punch line.
~~BASEBALL QUOTATION QUIZ ANSWERS~~
1. "Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball'' - Pete Rose
2. "Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets." - Yogi Berra
3. "Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth
4. "Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day." - Bob Feller
5. "If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Rickey Henderson
6. "Fans don't boo nobodies." - Reggie Jackson
7. "I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's real true love." – Manager Billy Martin
8. "Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." - Ted Williams
9. "Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
10. "A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." - Manager Earl Wilson
11. "I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player." - Roberto Clemente
12. "When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base any way I could, whether by hitting or getting hit." - Shoeless Joe Jackson
13. "It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course." - Hank Aaron
14. "Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead." - Jackie Robinson
15. "They give you a round bat, and they throw you a round ball, and then they tell you to hit it square." - Willie Stargell
16. "I could have played baseball another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that." - George Brett
17. "Baseball is like driving. It's the one who gets home safely that counts." – Manager Tommy Lasorda
18. "I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw." - Willie Mays
19. "You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball." - Cal Ripken, Jr.
20. "Close doesn't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades." – Manager Frank Robinson
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!
