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I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us. (Quote by - Walt Whitman)
The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. (Quote by - Gabe Paul)
Watching a spring training game is as exciting as watching a tree form its annual ring. (Quote by - Jerry Izenberg)
The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy. (Quote by - Dusty Baker)
Booze, broads and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need? (Quote by - Harry Caray)
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid. (Quote by - Don Drysdale)
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 haven'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, I'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: It's an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ test. (Quote by - Bob Costas)