In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn’t think you’re safe when you’re out.
Baseball Quotes
Playing baseball is not real life. It’s a fantasy world – It’s a dream come true.
Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It’s the only time we can get to shake a bat at a white man without starting a riot.
Willie Mays’ glove is where triples go to die.
Because physical action is stressed in all spectator sports, some potential fans may be bored by the prospect of watching bodies run around on a playing surface. But in truth, sports – like all human endeavors – have both a mental and physical component, and the spectator who doesn’t understand what’s going on in the […]
There is no crying in baseball.
Nostalgia is baseball’s foundation. It is a game built on the shoulders of heroes and champions who became legends with the passing of time.
He led America by example. He reminded our people of what was right and he reminded them of what was wrong. I think it can be safely said today that Jackie Robinson made the United States a better nation.
You can’t sweep if you don’t win the first game, and it’s tougher to win two out of three if you lose the first one.
There is a soothing rhythm to it all, pitch by pitch, inning by inning. Baseball is a world of order, interupted by brief, breathtaking moments of chaos, where memories and heroes can be made. It has unlimited potential. It can be ugly one moment and beautiful the next. It is part play, part profanity and […]
