What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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.

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

There are only two seasons - winter and baseball.

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...

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...

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.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

Volleyball is just a more intense version of 'Don't let the balloon touch the floor.'

Volleyball is just a more intense version of 'Don't let the balloon touch the floor.'

Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity,...

Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity,...