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> [I have always been a firm believer that the game has never belonged to the owners. It has never belonged to the ballplayers. It belongs to the guy who puts his money up on the window and says, 'How much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-vander-meer/i-have-always-been-a-firm-believer-that-the-game-has-never-belonged/)

Johnny Vander Meer

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## Other authors on Bleachers

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-antonoff-45348.jpg) Jack Antonoff 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bleachers/jack-antonoff/)

## More by Johnny Vander Meer

> [All the publicity, the attention, the interviews, the photographs, were too much for me (after throwing his second no-hitter in 1938).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-vander-meer/all-the-publicity-the-attention-the-interviews-the-photographs-were/)

Johnny Vander Meer

> [I have always been a firm believer that the game has never belonged to the owners. It has never belonged to the ballplayers. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-vander-meer/i-have-always-been-a-firm-believer-that-the-game-has-never-belonged/)

Johnny Vander Meer

> [Kids are always chasing rainbows, but baseball is a world where you can catch them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-vander-meer/kids-are-always-chasing-rainbows-but-baseball-is-a-world-where-you/)

Johnny Vander Meer

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