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.

Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.

Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.

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 like church. Many attend, few understand.

Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.

The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.

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.

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 ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, read more

Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics read more

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.