America Quote by Bruce Catton

Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America.

— Bruce Catton

“Baseball can indeed break your heart, but, without fail, it will always find a way to make it whole again.”

— Stacey May Fowles

“Sometimes I talk about baseball just to annoy people who don’t understand it.”

— Tad Williams

“The great thing about baseball is, I've heard a hundred statements beginning, 'The great thing about baseball is.”

— Jon Sindell

Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their…

— Thomas Boswell

When the ball was last seen crossing the roof of the stand in deep right field at 315 feet, we wonder whether new baseballs…

— Heywood Broun

“We try to teach our players that baseball is just a game, this is not life or death; there’s a lot bigger things out…

— Brian Cain

“Phrases and images from the game filtered through his head... hitting the sweet spot, working the rosin bag, over the bat, going deep, in…

— J.D. Ruskin

“I see great things in baseball.”

— Walt Whitman

Baseball is the greatest of all team sports.

— Herbert Hoover

I don't think I'm gonna have a lot of rah-rah stand-up riveting speeches. I don't know if that's really the best way to go…

— Aaron Boone

“I remember you explaining the bases to me in this dugout. The best baseball conversation we ever had.” I lean forward and claps my…

— Katie McGarry