Above anything else, I hate to lose.
Baseball Quotes
Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way.
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville mighty Casey has struck out.
Baseball is a skilled game. It’s America’s game – it, and high taxes.
Two hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of a baseball game, or anything else for that matter.
Players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens.
Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in all sport. Think about it: You’ve got a round ball, a round bat, and the object is to hit it square.
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
America’s game: has the snap, go, fling, of the American atmosphere – belongs as much to our institutions, fits into them as significantly, as our constitutions, laws: is just as important in the sum total of our historic life.
Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.
