Baseball Quotes by Frank Deford

10 Baseball quotes by Frank Deford

Frank Deford’s ten short reflections on baseball give you a quick, focused taste of his commentary. Perfect for a swift read when you want the essentials without excess.

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Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati…

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The strike zone should be what the rule book says it is and not a personal idiosyncrasy.

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Statues of sports stars are all the rage - especially in baseball.

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We start 2016 with a command: that the subject of Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame is over, finis, kaput forever…

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The NBA Schedule was made up by one man, Eddie Gottlieb, who had owned the Philadelphia Warriors. Eddie had a Buddha-like body…

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There were a lot of places, including Los Angeles, that didn't have major league baseball. There were other really large cities that…

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“(Joe) Dimaggio was, in fact, mostly just a cold fish. Not even his brother Dom, who played outfield for the Red Sox...,…

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Remember when John Roberts was seeking confirmation of the Supreme Court, and he said judges should be just like umpires, just calling…

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To write long pieces - or not even long pieces - to write stuff like the columns of Red Smith and people…

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In days of yore, Opening Day of the baseball season was special, signifying that spring had come at last. Today, however, Opening…

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Because I lost a daughter, eight years old, to cystic fibrosis, I think that anytime that I'm dealing with people who, like Andrea Yeager,…

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I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't make any…

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Dan Rather pulling on a sweater and thereby winning a whole new chunk of the populace: That's television. President Reagan's press conferences: That's television.…

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I am something of a ham. Yeah, I'd always been a writer. But in high school, I acted in plays. So it wasn't as…

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I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who…

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If I'd grown up in Sao Paulo, I'm sure I would've been a great soccer fan.

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The dollar is a winner. The euro is a tie. Get off the dime, Europe, and play to win.

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I grew up in Baltimore and that's why I root for the Orioles. I'm very suspicious of people who move and take on a…

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I remember one time I wrote something very, very critical about Wilt Chamberlain. The next time I saw him - and Wilt was not…

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If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is…

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Johnny U was an American original, a piece of work like none other, excepting maybe Paul Bunyan and Horatio Alger.

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If there ever was an 'America's team,' it would be itty-bitty, little Green Bay, stuck way up there somewhere, owned by the salt-of-the-Earth citizens…

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