Baseball is our national pastime, that is if you discount political campaigning.

That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful.

I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.

Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up.

Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.

If you want to maximize your total potential ... you have to know yourself first.

I managed a team that was so bad we considered a 2-0 count on the batter a rally.

Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams.

If God wanted football played in the spring, he would not have invented baseball.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

The Cards lead the Dodgers 4-2 after one inning and that one hasn't even started.

I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.

I shall tell my doctors baseball has more curative powers than all their medicine.

It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players.

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

A fan without a team is like a hog without truffles - she has nothing to root for.

All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a double-header.

You know you're pitching well when the batters look as bad as you do at the plate.

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

I don't mean he missed him, but he just didn't get him when he put the tag on him.

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

Take everything you can get over in center. The Dago's heel is hurting pretty bad.

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

One of the things Ive learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

Gene Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head. No harm done.

I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming.

Kids are always chasing rainbows, but baseball is a world where you can catch them.

Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus!

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.

Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field.

If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.

That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

Nolan Ryan helped me with baseball, and my dad passing away gave me a bigger heart.

A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game.

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.

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