America Quote by Anonymous

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do…

— Jacques Barzun

You have to remember that baseball really was the American pastime in the Forties, not football, basketball or any other sport.

— Harrison Ford

Baseball was a metaphor for America, both here and in terms of how it was understood by the rest of the world.

— Harrison Ford

I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.

— Khaled Hosseini

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

— Herbert Hoover

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

— Nick Johnson

Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.

— Monte Irvin

Baseball has a special place in our hearts. It is the game that shows us as we would like to be.

— Mary McGrory

For someone whose roots in America were strong but only inches deep, and who had no experience, such as a Catholic child might, of…

— Philip Roth

Baseball is part of our culture. It's part of us.

— Fernando Tatis Jr

Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.

— Thomas Boswell