Baseball, to me, is still the national pastime because it is a summer game. I feel that almost all Americans are summer people, that summer is what they think of when they think of their childhood. I think it stirs up an incredible emotion within people. – Steve Busby, in Washington Post, 8 July 1974

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. – Author Unknown

To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. – Steve Hovley, 1969