Baseball Quote by Thomas Boswell

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and…

— Nolan Ryan

I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.

— Dizzy Dean

Things happen in baseball, even if, in theory, it's something you don't do. Stats are a tool, but it doesn't mean that's how a…

— Jon Miller

Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. In no other sport are so many available and studied so assiduously by participants and fans. Much of…

— Leonard Koppett

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

More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.

— Thomas Boswell

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if…

— Tom Seaver

“Being a winner sometimes has little to do with the score. If your players seize the opportunity to be better today than they were…

— Lawrence Hsieh

I remember one game I got five hits and stole five bases, but none of it was written down because they didn't bring the…

— Cool Papa Bell

There's a lot of baseball players who give their best effort all of the time. But one kind of gets away from them. You're…

— Ronald Acuna Jr

There are really smart baseball players. It's a thinking person's game.

— Richard Linklater

In baseball you have terrific data and you can be a lot more creative with it.

— Nate Silver