--- title: "1 Play Slow Quotes By Bill James" description: "1 Play Slow quotes by Bill James. Plus more from Bill James and more Play Slow sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/bill-james-9028_about_baseball-does-become-slow-sometimes-it-s_1905782.jpg" --- > [Baseball does become slow sometimes. It's totally unnecessary. The - you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for some reason, we have chosen to play it slow, you know, which is unfortunate, but nothing you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/baseball-does-become-slow-sometimes-it-s-totally-unnecessary-the-you/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/bill-james-9028_about_baseball-does-become-slow-sometimes-it-s_1905782.jpg) ## More by Bill James > [“Until about 1970 when parents beat their children to death they very often escaped punishment. They would be prosecuted if it was clear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/until-about-1970-when-parents-beat-their-children-to-death-they-very/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/professionalism-in-medicine-has-given-us-medial-miracles-for-the/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/when-i-was-a-small-kid-i-grew-up-in-the-newspapers/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [“I’m sort of a baseball agnostic; I make it a point never to believe anything just because it is widely known to be so.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/i-m-sort-of-a-baseball-agnostic-i-make-it-a-point-never-to-believe/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/i-do-have-a-family-and-obviously-i-spend-as-much-time-as-i-can-with/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [“Words are useful, sir. That's from the communicating point of view. They come into their own then. When you think about it, even Morse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/words-are-useful-sir-that-s-from-the-communicating-point-of-view-they/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [We need new athletes all the time because we need new games every day - fudging just a little on the definition of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/we-need-new-athletes-all-the-time-because-we-need-new-games-every-day/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/we-don-t-genuinely-need-more-literary-geniuses-one-can-only-read-so/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/visualizing-the-movement-finally-got-me-over-the-top-after-months-of/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/i-try-to-take-large-general-questions-that-are-difficult-to-resolve/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/there-comes-a-moment-during-a-job-interview-when-you-re-still-talking/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/there-are-i-believe-many-more-false-confessions-to-murders-than-true/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [(Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/mantle-was-clearly-a-greater-player-in-his-peak-years/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [Our society is very, very good at developing certain types of skills and certain types of genius. We are fantastically good at identifying and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/our-society-is-very-very-good-at-developing-certain-types-of-skills/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) > [A chart of numbers that would put an actuary to sleep can be made to dance if you put it on one side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-james/a-chart-of-numbers-that-would-put-an-actuary-to-sleep-can-be-made-to/) [Bill James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-james/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/play-slow/bill-james/#itemlist", "name": "1 Play Slow Quotes By Bill James", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Baseball does become slow sometimes. It's totally unnecessary. The - you can play baseball fast. 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