Interesting Baseball Quote

Jacques Barzun
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.

Charles Dryden
Washington: first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.

Red Smith, to Moe Berg
I understand, Moe, that you are in counter-intelligence, which, I assume, means you are against intelligence

George Plimpton
The pitcher is happiest with his arm idle. He prefers to dawdle in the present, knowing that as soon as he gets on the mound and starts his windup, he delivers himself to the uncertainty of the future.

Al Rosen
The greatest thrill in the world is to end the game with a home run and watch everybody else walk off the field while you're running the bases on air.

Casey Stengel, to one of his pitchers at the Polo Grounds
At the end of this season they're gonna tear this place down. The way you're pitchin', that right-field section will be gone already.

Rogers Hornsby
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Ted Williams
The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

Joe Adcock
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

Reggie Jackson
The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.