Big Quote by Theo Epstein

You realize it's a business and that teams are going to do what's best for them. That's how it is. That's what we sign…

— Christian Yelich

“Sure, there is an undeniable pleasure in rooting for a winning team and in being able to look down on opposing fans with equal…

— Jim Caple (The Devil Wears Pinstripes

Sometimes, on the business side, it's important to sort of have something with some sizzle in an offseason. It's the baseball operations department's job…

— Theo Epstein

If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up.

— Tony La Russa

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

Owners want to make their team a winner so they can get more fans in the stands, and that's why they go after the…

— Moses Malone

Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it's still being made all…

— Michael Lewis

Major League Baseball's labor negotiations involve two paradoxes. The players' union's primary objective is to protect the revenues of a very few very rich…

— George Will

The first intimation I had that the Yankees were for sale was through an item to that effect in the newspapers. The idea instantly…

— Jacob Ruppert

The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I have no idea what that is.

— Luis Polonia

Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with…

— Jackie Robinson

Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a…

— Jerry Reinsdorf