Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
Cricket is basically baseball on valium.
I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do.
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing.
The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.
It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.