Ball game Quote by George Brett

That's all baseball is, is numbers; it's run by numbers, averages, percentage and odds. Managers make their decisions based on the numbers.

— Rollie Fingers

When I'm sitting around watching a game with some friends, and we're all excited, and Jordan is driving in, we might say, 'Come on…

— Stuart Scott

It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you…

— Michael Lewis

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.

— Jimmy Breslin

Things happen in baseball, even if, in theory, it's something you don't do. Stats are a tool, but it doesn't mean that's how a…

— Jon Miller

“Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]”

— Michael Lewis

The version of 'Moneyball' I pitched - and we made - is about a guy, Billy Beane, who thinks he's trying to win baseball…

— Bennett Miller

Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine.

— Pat Conroy

I've never been a numbers guy. I think that's where a lot of people have been caught up in, 'He's averaging this,' or 'If…

— Jordy Nelson

It is commonly believed that anyone who tabulates numbers is a statistician. This is like believing that anyone who owns a scalpel is a…

— Robert Hooke

Obviously it's a statistics game.

— Adam Vinatieri

Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

— Toby Harrah