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title: "7 Baseball Important Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Baseball Important quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Baseball Important sayings and thoughts."
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> [Baseball is important, but it's about fifth place behind my kids, my wife and the health of my family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lowell/baseball-is-important-but-it-s-about-fifth-place-behind-my-kids-my/)

[Mike Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/mike-lowell-48858_baseball_baseball-is-important-but-it-s-about-fif_119289.jpg)

> [Baseball was important to me - don't get me wrong. But at the end of my career, it wasn't as important as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chipper-jones/baseball-was-important-to-me-don-t-get-me-wrong-but-at-the-end-of-my/)

[Chipper Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chipper-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/chipper-jones-5124_baseball_baseball-was-important-to-me-don-t-get-m_241201.png)

> [“There was a baseball game on but it didn't look real. It was guys in uniforms playing games on a deep green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/there-was-a-baseball-game-on-but-it-didn-t-look-real-it-was-guys-in/)

[Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/walter-dean-myers-2582_ball-game_there-was-a-baseball-game-on-but-it-didn_847507.png)

> [I loved throwing a baseball. It is so important to find something in life you feel crazy about. Because you are so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-abbott/i-loved-throwing-a-baseball-it-is-so-important-to-find-something-in/)

[Jim Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-abbott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/jim-abbott-20375_baseball_i-loved-throwing-a-baseball-it-is-so-imp_1118940.jpg)

> [Obviously, you want to bring as much attention to the game as possible and grow baseball as much as you can. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-yelich/obviously-you-want-to-bring-as-much-attention-to-the-game-as-possible/)

[Christian Yelich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-yelich/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/christian-yelich-11020_baseball_obviously-you-want-to-bring-as-much-atte_1377471.jpg)

> [I have a good understanding that baseball is not the most important thing in the world, but at the same time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-rendon/i-have-a-good-understanding-that-baseball-is-not-the-most-important/)

[Anthony Rendon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-rendon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/anthony-rendon-7325_baseball_i-have-a-good-understanding-that-basebal_1798959.jpg)

> [I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-teixeira/i-m-half-italian-and-my-name-is-portuguese-michael-young-is-half/)

[Mark Teixeira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-teixeira/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/mark-teixeira-10527_baseball_i-m-half-italian-and-my-name-is-portugue_3038284.jpg)

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