Baseball is a harbor, a seclusion from failure that really matters, a playful utopia in which virtuosity can be savored to the third decimal place of a batting average. (Quote by - Mark Kramer)

When asked if his curve was helped by the absence of an index finger, Mordecai Brown replied, To know for sure, I'd have to throw with a normal hand, and I've never tried it. (Quote by - Mordecai Three-Finger Brown)

There are a lot more important things in life than baseball. I just have t found out what they are yet. (Quote by - Marty Schupak)

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true. (Quote by - Dale Murphy)

More than any other games, baseball gives its players space both physical and emotional in which to define themselves. (Quote by - John Eskow)

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and join the circus. With the Yankees, ve accomplished both. (Quote by - Graig Nettles)

Everybody in the park knows he is going to run, and he makes it anyway. (Quote by - Larry Bowa)

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. (Quote by - Earl Wilson)

commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: I s an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ test. (Quote by - Bob Costas)

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. (Quote by - Lou Gehrig)

There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare. (Quote by - Tallulah Bankhead)

Slump ? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hittin. (Quote by - Yogi Berra)

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. (Quote by - Barry Switzer)

I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. (Quote by - Bob Lemon)

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game. (Quote by - Ted Williams)

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business. (Quote by - Sammy Sosa)

Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in. (Quote by - Casey Stengel)

Ideally, the umpire should combine the integrity of a Supreme Court judge, the physical agility of an acrobat, the endurance of Job and the imperturbability of Buddha. (Quote by - The Villains in Blue)

It can be life or death in the fire service and it definitely felt like life and death on the ballfield. (Quote by - Allen Anderson)

No little boy in the hospital asked me to hit one, I didn't promise it to my kid for his birthday, and my wife will be too shocked to appreciate it. I hit it for me. (Quote by - Rocky Bridges)

There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. (Quote by - Al Gallagher)

You know when you've got it made? When you get your name in the crossword puzzles. (Quote by - Rocky Bridges)

Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their malarkey and winnowed their wisdom for years. (Quote by - Thomas Boswell)

Baseball is a fun game. It beats working for a living. (Quote by - Phil Linz)

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help. (Quote by - Hank Aaron)