It is well to remember that a Martian observing his first baseball game would be quite correct in concluding that the last two words of the National Anthem are: PLAY BALL! – Herbert H. Paper, in Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 April 1989
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. – Bill Veeck
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
Putting lights in Wrigley Field is like putting aluminum siding on the Sistine Chapel. – Roger Simon, 1988
The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck. – Andre Dawson, on Montreal
Baseball is an island of activity amidst a sea of statistics. – Author Unknown
The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game. – Chuck Tanner, quoted in The Sporting News, 15 July 1985
Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. – John Leonard, New York Times, 2 November 1975
Pitchers, like poets, are born not made. – Cy Young
There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work. – Charlie Lau, 1982
The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up. – Bob Uecker
I know a man who is a diamond cutter. He mows the lawn at Yankee Stadium. – Author Unknown
To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. – Steve Hovley, 1969
Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax. – Mike Royko, 1981
Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for the house in blackjack. – Adam Morrow, quoted in Bill Simmons, “Letters from the Nation,” 20 October 2003
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. – Ty Cobb
Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a sport. – Philip Wrigley
Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off… the right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases. – Rick Maksian
England and America should scrap cricket and baseball and come up with a new game that they both can play. Like baseball, for example. – Robert Benchley
