Baseball Quotes
I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation
Leroy Robert
I see great things in baseball. It's our game--the American game. It will take our people out of doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us
Walt Whitman
Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution
Herbert Hoover
I think a baseball field must be the most beautiful thing in the world. It's so honest and precise. And we play on it. Every star gets humbled. Every mediocre player has a great moment
Lowell Cohn
Any baseball is beautiful. No other small package comes as close to the ideal in design and utility. It is a perfect object for a man's hand. Pick it up and it instantly suggests its purpose: it is meant to be thrown a considerable distance-thrown hard and with precision
Roger Angell
Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run
Branch Rickey
The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.
Herb Caen
The greatest thrill in the world is to end the game with a home run and watch everybody else walk off the field while you're running the bases on air
Al Rosen
It's no fun throwing fastballs to guys who can't hit them. The real challenge is getting them out on stuff they can hit
Sam McDowell
Baseball is like a poker game, nobody wants to quit when he's losing: nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead
Jackie Robinson
A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers gives him.
Johnny Evers
I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive
Roberto Clemente
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball
Albert Einstein
Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero
Edward Abbey
