We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player. — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
I like football. I like baseball. When the pitcher and the batter start fighting, that's the best. — Pablo Francisco Copy Share Image
Even on home runs that I hit in the past, guys were like, 'Man, you need to slow down. You've got that… — Curtis Granderson Copy Share Image
I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in… — Pablo Sandoval Copy Share Image
A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game. — Peter Ueberroth Copy Share Image
To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy. — Dave Winfield Copy Share Image
I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers… — Larry King Copy Share Image
The Negro League had some of the best players in history. Satchel Paige was probably one of the best pitchers in the… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
I work for the Chicago Cubs, a team with a following so loyal and adoring and a history so forlorn that we… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
You're so excited to be in the big leagues the first couple of years, you concentrate on establishing yourself and doing anything… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
“And so, my beloved Kermit, my dear little Hussein, at the moment America changed forever, your father was wandering an ICBM-denuded watseland,… — Tom Bissell Copy Share Image
In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
I was seven years old when my dad first showed me how to cut the grass. It was a big job for… — Jim Harbaugh Copy Share Image
“Skip Caray was my favorite announcer as I grew up listening to the Braves on TBS and on the radio. One night,… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Any man who can look handsome in a dirty baseball suit is an Adonis. There is something about the baggy pants, and… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I had the opportunity to play every day in the minors, and everybody knew me in the minors. In the big leagues,… — Felix Pie Copy Share Image
For a quarter of a century, I've been playing baseball for pay. It has been pretty good pay, most of the time.… — Rabbit Maranville Copy Share Image
