Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Thorne

Baseball is in danger, everyone agrees. Player salaries are skyrocketing while revenues - and soon, perhaps, teams - are contracting.

Baseball is being played around the world. It used to be an American dream. Now it's a global dream.

David Ortiz

Baseball is a tough enough game. I try not to mix what is needed on the field with what is expected from those off the field. It isn't a good thing.

At this point, he's got football responsibilities. The next four weeks, I don't expect him to be around baseball much. Once he gets done, we'll have him back full time. He's shown he deserves to be on the field.

At the time, baseball represented values we were fighting for. Things like democracy and teamwork were so important for us.

Hank Aaron

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Jerry Reinsdorf

Double Duty shared such a love for baseball and a passion for life. We all loved to listen to his stories and share in his laughter. He leaves such a great legacy after experiencing so much history and change during his long life.

Doug's in charge of baseball operations; that's in his court,

Doug is one of the most highly respected executives in baseball and this extension validates our belief that his leadership is vital to the Milwaukee Brewers continued development,

Thomas Sowell

Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as individualistic those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.

We are very happy to have two fine baseball programs like Kennesaw State and Georgia play here in Rome. This game will not only showcase beautiful State Mutual Stadium but Rome and Floyd County's passion for baseball, all while raising money for the United Way.

We are very excited to be part of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays family. Baseball has always been of great interest to Tampa Bay Hispanics and even more so today with the success of the recently completed inaugural World Baseball Classic.

We did a nationwide survey of tapes to find someone who could step in and do baseball when I was gone, and Bill was the guy we selected. It was obvious sooner or later that he would be doing his own thing. The broadcast business has lost a good one. It's just a shame.

We did a couple of little simple beaded tulle jackets. There are tulle blouses, tulle baseball jackets that have silver hammer work on them. So they're very sporty, but very relaxed and elegant at the same time,

We didn't make the play on the bunt and it snowballed from there. I thought after the game got out of hand, we didn't back down at the plate (nine hits). We just didn't get the starting pitching. In baseball has always started and ended with starting pitching. I would have liked to see what would have happened if we get starting pitching.

Chan Park

We didn't just play a baseball game, we brought together many Koreans. Each player is trying to win the game, but it's not only about the game. We're bringing Korean people together. I'm really happy for the country. I really hope Japan wins the championship.

We didn?t hit like we did all year, ... but that?s what playoff baseball is all about.

Jim Miller

We had our teams everywhere. The baseball team went to New Mexico State, men's and women's basketball went to the University of Texas at Tyler, the swim team was at Emory, track and field went to LSU, men's golf to LSU-Shreveport, the women to Nicholls State. And we cancelled the volleyball season.

We went out there and played good baseball, and we did some of the things we were supposed to do. Either team could've won that game. Unfortunately, it just didn't work out for us.

We wanted an individual with experience in the game who could serve as a mentor. On top of that, he's a first-class individual who knows how much baseball means to the area.

We like to tell everyone we can play baseball, too. We're not just a hockey country.

Both are rich in baseball tradition. Both are going to be well-schooled so to speak. Both know how to play the game.

Bringing a museum like this to Tropicana Field only helps cement Tropicana Field as the baseball capitol of the state of Florida.

Brian is one of the best defensive catchers in baseball and we're glad to be able to keep him in Washington for at least the next four years. It is the goal of any organization to sign, develop and then retain their own homegrown players, and this is what we've accomplished with Brian's contract.

J. Taylor

Brandon not only improved his baseball skills, but he worked hard in the classroom. He made many sacrifices and spent many hours getting better.

Ned Colletti

Brian goes about his position in a very methodical and thoughtful way. He also has developed a great relationship with ownership. They are so respectful of baseball operations. It's about as good a match as you can have between baseball ownership and operations, and it works. There is respect both ways.

Ron Gardenhire

We're going through enough in our situation here with Puck and the whole package, and then this comes back out and starts punching baseball in the head. It's not much fun to see again. I thought we were past that era.

We're very appreciative of them understanding what Cardinal baseball means to the station right now as we try to establish them with us.

We scored early, but the bats kind of fell silent in the middle of the game. They take their baseball seriously. It was fun to go over there and play them.

We don't want to see a game of this importance decided like this, but sometimes the baseball gods are unkind to you.

Joe Girardi

You go from being excited to panicking a little bit when a guy slides into him. Your emotions can get a little wavy. For me, being a baseball player, it's just exciting to watch what kids can do. When you think about it, he probably should be a junior in college.

You have to recognize that you have a chance to have a special place in baseball history, so you're going about it for more than just the moment or the money or the stats or the attention. I think that will be the key for some of these really terrific young pitchers. You have to be really good, and at some point you have to dedicate yourself to your place in baseball history.

David Wright

You look at it, you've got to take one game at a time and play good baseball. Yes, we started hot, but there have been a ton of teams that start hot, then they go into a drought after that. So we have to stay focused and continue doing what we're doing.