Baseball Quote by Mike Krzyzewski

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

— Yogi Berra

I grew up in New York City, where we played highly unorganized sports: stick ball, stoop ball, and the occasional game of baseball with…

— Jeff Greenfield

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

— Jim Evans

In my time, we had little league and junior league or whatever - before that, there's the sandlot. Kids played baseball wherever you can…

— Raymond Pettibon

I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small…

— Roy Oswalt

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games…

— Mickey Mantle

I was a big kid who never played any organized sports. You played a lot of sports in the streets and I excelled at…

— Howie Long

Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.

— Joe DiMaggio

I played Little League and in high school. I played more over the years whenever there was a pick-up game... usually softball.

— Matthew Modine

I grew up in East St. Louis so I wanted to play baseball as a kid. Then I moved to Nebraska and became a…

— Houston Alexander

I remember, when I was growing up in Baltimore, we'd get on a streetcar and go down to see the Orioles, and for a…

— Frank Deford

I went to college for a reason, and that was to skip the minor leagues. I spent a year in the minors and got…

— Mark Teixeira