I was in the game for love. After all, where else can an old-timer with one leg, who can't hear or see, live like a king while doing the only thing I wanted to do?

Quote by Bill Veeck

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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 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...

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

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...

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.

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...

After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a...

After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a...

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

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...

What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will...

What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago...

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago...

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...

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...

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is...

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is...