Rooting for the Yankees is like owning a yacht. Votes: 13
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. Votes: 11
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set. Votes: 11
Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race. Votes: 10
He was a parade all by himself, a burst of dazzle and jingle, Santa Claus drinking his whiskey straight and groaning with a bellyache... Babe Ruth made the music that his joyous years danced to in a continuous party... What Babe Ruth is comes down, one generation handing it down to the next, as a nation heirloom. Votes: 8
A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another. Votes: 7
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set Votes: 7
Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud. Votes: 7
Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime. Votes: 6
England produces the best fat actors. Votes: 6
Women aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler. Votes: 4
I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas. Votes: 4
A sports expert is the guy who writes the best alibis for being wrong Votes: 3
He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted. Votes: 3
Ballplayers who are first to the dining room are usually last in batting averages. Votes: 3
[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn. Votes: 2
Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime Votes: 2
I judge how much a man cares for a woman by the space he allots her under a jointly shared umbrella. Votes: 0
It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of a virile ballet. It is purer than any dance because the actions of the players are not governed by music or crowded into a formula by a director. The movement is natural and unrehearsed and controlled only by the unexpected flight of the ball. Votes: 0
A sportswriter is entombed in a prolonged boyhood. Votes: 0
I suspect guys who say, "I just send out for a sandwich for lunch," as lazy men trying to impress me. Votes: 0