The crowd makes the ballgame.

Quote by Ty Cobb

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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and...

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and...

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in...

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in...

Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in...

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in...

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him...

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him...

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right...

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right...

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I...

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I...

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should...

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should...

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be...

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be...

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

In my day, we didn't have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody...

In my day, we didn't have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody...

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...