Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. – Red Smith
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. – George F. Will, Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball, 1990
They are supposed to be dispassionate dispensers of Pure Justice, icy islands of emotionless calculation. In short, umpires should be acute Republicans. – George F. Will, 1990
Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. – Ernie Harwell, "The Game for All America," 1955
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything. – Toby Harrah, 1983
Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width. – Bill Veeck, 1975
Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast. – Joe Garagiola, Baseball is a Funny Game
