Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa. – Bob Veale, 1966

You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. – Jim Bouton, Ball Four, 1970

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

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. – Bryant Gumbel, 1981