Tim Kurkjian > Quotes

“Infielder Craig Counsell played parts of sixteen years in the major leagues despite looking like a librarian,”
― Tim Kurkjian, I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love

“No one loves the numbers more than I do, but numbers don’t measure everything, especially when it comes to evaluating defense. And in the end, I am going to trust Buck Showalter’s eyes more than a set of statistics devised by someone who never played the game.”
― Tim Kurkjian, I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love

“The Phillies in the 1960s had shortstop Bobby Wine and second baseman Cookie Rojas, a period known as the Days of Wine and Rojas.”
― Tim Kurkjian, I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love

“this is a hard game played by hard men, vengeful men without remorse and with really long memories. If you disrespect them, their team, or the game, you will pay, often with something in the ribs at 90 mph.”
― Tim Kurkjian, I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love

“To not look at the data is foolish, but to look at the data as having all the answers is even more foolish. It is a collision of new-school statistics and statisticians against old-school managers, coaches, and instructors. Neither side is right, neither is wrong; there is so much to be gained from listening to both sides.”
― Tim Kurkjian, I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love

“My suits that I wore on Baseball Tonight were in a heap, caked with drywall, which wouldn’t be a big deal except it’s hard to find 36-short suits other than at Nordstrom for Kids.”
― Tim Kurkjian, I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love

“Twice a year, I have lunch with Dr. George Will and Dr. Charles Krauthammer, who write and speak about important issues in the world, such as politics and war and gay marriage. But at lunch, all we talk about is baseball, which is good because I can’t talk fluently about anything else, especially with two guys that, when it comes to intelligence, make me feel like Fred Flintstone.

At lunch one day, Charles said, without apology, “I read the front page for ninety seconds every day, then I go straight to the box scores.” To which, George said, “Why do you waste the ninety seconds?”
― Tim Kurkjian, I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love