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Baseball Quotes by John Thorn
- Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our national pastime, our…
- But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth…
- In over 160 years of recorded baseball history, no team had ever won a championship this way.
- And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore baseball's profitability by 'running the…
- Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.
- One of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two days ago as I write…
- Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not…
- Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.
- Although the world proved not yet ready for the brotherhood of baseball, that would be only a matter of time, baseball magnates believed.
- For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like…
- Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young.
More Baseball Quotes
- In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding… — Stephen Baldwin
- It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two! — Ernie Banks
- Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. — Ernie Banks
- Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game -… — Jacques Barzun
- Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper… — Evan Bayh
- A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops. — Johnny Bench
- Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. — Yogi Berra
- Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. — Yogi Berra