Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

Quote by Jim Murray

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Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula....

Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula....

Don Quixote would understand golf. It is the impossible dream.

Don Quixote would understand golf. It is the impossible dream.

Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man...

Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man...

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many...

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many...

The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is...

The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is...

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There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a...

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...

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 hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The...

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The...

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If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick...

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 the only major sport that appears backward in a mirror

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backward in a mirror

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He...

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He...

Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches...

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches...

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are...

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are...

This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will...

This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will...

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...

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn...

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn...