Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part read more

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.

Show me a guy who is afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every read more

Show me a guy who is afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know.'

There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know.'

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else read more

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.