In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.

In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.

Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.

Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.

A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire standing read more

A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away.

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream read more

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over read more

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, and that's the way baseball is.

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, read more

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball.

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball.

Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a baseball player.

Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a baseball player.

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.