Baseball Quote by Jane Leavy

Cape Cod baseball dates back to the time of the Civil War. A poster at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown touts a round-trip…

— Jane Leavy

By the 1880s, baseball was entrenched in the Cape's sandy soil. Semipro teams, commonplace before World War I, were organized into the first Cape…

— Jane Leavy

Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.

— Bob Feller

Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.

— Marion Motley

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick…

— Jason Bay

I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men who will…

— Stan Musial

But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave…

— John Thorn

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game. Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

— George Carlin

The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout…

— Jim Evans

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

— Whitey Ford

I don't want to get into being too hockey centered, but I just felt like the late 70's and 80's into the 90's was…

— Gabe Polsky

With me, baseball will never grow old. In my own estimation, it may not have improved so much as many believe, but regardless of…

— Charles Comiskey