Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated. – Author Unknown

When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes. – Don Drysdale, 1978

A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed into two-and-one-half hours. – Ray Fitzgerald, in Boston Glove, 1970

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. – Al Gallagher, 1971