Accidental Quote by Gary Sheffield

The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the…

— Rogers Hornsby

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

— Jose Canseco

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards.

— Bill Lee

There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways.…

— Alex Gibney

Probably the most dramatic change in pitching I've observed in my years in baseball has been the disappearance of the knockdown or brushback pitch.…

— Frank Robinson

I think baseball owes McGwire a gratitude of thanks for putting baseball back on the map where it should be.

— Jose Canseco

Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and…

— Jay Leno

I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you…

— David Ortiz

Baseball's time is seamless and invisible, a bubble within which players move at exactly the same pace and rhythms as all their predecessors. This…

— Roger Angell

So who or what is to blame for baseball games that go on forever? Two oft-cited culprits are constant replay calls and batters who…

— Mary Pilon

Baseball is a team game.

— Eddie Murray

I think baseball represents something closer to our experience. There's no clock in baseball; it's not over until it's over. It's like life in…

— Bennett Miller