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
George F. Will
Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the situation on the field: This is what a fan loves most about the game
Edward Abbey
The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it
Ty Cobb
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery
Ty Cobb
People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can
Willie Stargell
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power
Leo Durocher
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts
Tommy Lasorda
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success
Sparky Anderson
For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings
Earl Wilson
Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off
Bill Veeck
Baseball is the only major sport that appears backward in a mirror
George Carlin
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain
Casey Stengel
Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game
Ted Williams
In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end
Tom Seaver