America Quote by A. Bartlett Giamatti

After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions…

— W. P. Kinsella

If anyone stays away (after the 1981 strike), my response is this - those people had no right to ever come to the park,…

— George Brett

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

— Peter Ueberroth

Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it's still being made all…

— Michael Lewis

Baseball exemplifies a tension in the American mind, the constant pull between our atomistic individualism and our yearning for community.

— George Will

Not everybody's a baseball fan.

— Derek Jeter

Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of…

— Bud Selig

Baseball is a diversion. It is therapy. It takes peoples minds off of everything that has happened, if just for a while.

— George Pataki

Baseball is a game of tradition. It lives, in large measure, on its past.

— Thomas Hauser

These are uncertain times. We cannot be content to rest on yesterday's laurels. These are times when we must strengthen rather than let down…

— Branch Rickey

The great thing about baseball is the causality is easy to determine and it always falls on the shoulders of one person. So there…

— Michael Mandelbaum

Baseball is a game of failure. There are plenty of opportunities to be down, or to feel sorry for yourself, or to be upset…

— Mark Teixeira