I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing.

Quote by Al Spalding

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Baseball is a man maker.

Baseball is a man maker.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

Baseball is a man maker.

Baseball is a man maker.

Two hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of...

Two hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of...

The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.

The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.

Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the...

Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the...

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly...

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly...

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown...

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown...

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than...

The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than...

Tom Cruise only makes one or two film appearances a year. A baseball player can...

Tom Cruise only makes one or two film appearances a year. A baseball player can...

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and...

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of...

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of...

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but...

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but...

I played baseball because I could make more money doing that than I could doing...

I played baseball because I could make more money doing that than I could doing...

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But...

Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But...

There are surprisingly few real students of the game in baseball; partly because everybody, my...

There are surprisingly few real students of the game in baseball; partly because everybody, my...

A person with a hundred interests is twice as alive as one with only fifty...

A person with a hundred interests is twice as alive as one with only fifty...