Ball player Quote by Sydney J. Harris

Baseball teaches that errors are part of the game.

— Ernest Kurtz

If the players don't produce, and aren't in the position to be evaluated correctly, then a manager's job of winning or losing baseball games…

— John Smoltz

“I hate it that they even count errors,' Ethan said. . . . 'What kind of game is that? No other sport do they…

— Michael Chabon

I think most athletes want to be told when they make a mistake. They don't want to be coddled. They can deal with criticism,…

— Tom Herman

It's very simple. We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight. Either baseball officials seriously want to rid their sport…

— Richard Pound

Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason…

— Hank Aaron

Yeah, I mean, for me, it's not always about errors. It's about what balls you can get to and what plays you're making that…

— Marcus Semien

People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press…

— Michael Lewis

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player.

— William Alexander

I think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things that have…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

— Joe Torre

In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the same time, your focus is on…

— Jed S. Rakoff