That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball. — Bill Veeck
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. — Rogers Hornsby
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. — Ron Shelton
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. — George F. Will
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. — Rogers Hornsby
Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings. — George F. Will
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? — Jim Bouton
You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all. — Earl Weaver
Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain. — Casey Stengel
You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. — Roy Campanella
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. — Yogi Berra
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. — Joe Schultz
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. — Mickey Mantle
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. — Sandy Koufax
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. — Warren Spahn
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. — Bob Uecker
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers. — Earl Weaver
Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. — Thomas Boswell
This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings. — Bill Veeck
Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. — Ernie Harwell
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. — Jim Bouton
Let's play two! — Ernie Banks
Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to you where ever you may be... — Vin Scully
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