After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball park, it being perfectly clear by that time that the ball club wasn't going to do…

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I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is...

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is...

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

I was in the game for love. After all, where else can an old-timer with...

I was in the game for love. After all, where else can an old-timer with...

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...

Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay...

Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay...

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get...

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get...

The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.

The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the...

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the...

The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out...

The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out...

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...

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere.

Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere.

I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but...

I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but...

Im for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by...

Im for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by...

The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.

The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.

How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers...

How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers...

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get...

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get...

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When...

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When...

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...

Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or...

Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or...