Ball game Quote by Lewis E. Lawes

A narrative voice with conviction is often hard to find. But not in baseball. The minors teach two lost American arts: how to chew…

— Thomas Boswell

Before I was drafted by the Red Sox, I really didn't know that much about them, but in talking to people, they said they…

— Jacoby Ellsbury

Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than…

— Carl Crawford

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

— Pete Rose

I think stolen bases are always a byproduct of doing other things well. Getting on base - you've got to get on base a…

— Trea Turner

Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.

— Bill James

When you allow stolen bases, that changes the game.

— Max Scherzer

When I was a little-leaguer, I was sort of famous for stealing bases - and it started only because my mom wanted to be…

— Rickey Henderson

Baseball is to our everyday experience what poetry often is to common speech — a slightly elevated and concentrated form.

— Thomas Boswell

Stealing home is one of the most sensational plays in baseball. If the run thus scored is the winning tally, the play is, of…

— Billy Evans

If nothing else, know that your children's passion and desire to play baseball is something that they can do without throwing a competitive pitch.

— John Smoltz

Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to…

— W. P. Kinsella