In a tradition second in wonderful absurdity only to 60-year-old baseball managers wearing uniforms and spikes in the dugout, golf spectators come dressed ready to play 18. – Willie Geist
In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding than baseball. – Stephen Baldwin
I’m among the first girls ever to play Little League baseball, and to my knowledge, the very first in western Illinois. It was 1976, and I was a nine-year-old tomboy whose older brothers had played. – Therese Fowler
I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game. – Wayne Gretzky
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success. – Sparky Anderson
Baseball’s future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it’s the greatest game there is! – Ted Williams
Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don’t run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them. – Thomas Sowell
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. – Ty Cobb
The real beauty of it – key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing. – Vince Gill
I grew up in baseball stadiums. It was my two brothers and baseball around me all the time. I knew nothing about film or acting or theater when I was young! – Stephanie Sigman
I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it’s baseball or sports or knitting or the movies. – Sutton Foster
That’s the best thing about being an actor. If you’re in a baseball movie, you walk away knowing way more about baseball, or if you’re in a sci-fi film, you learn way more about Comic-Con, and so I loved all that. – Topher Grace
In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball. – Wade Boggs
I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba. – Yoenis Cespedes
I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing. – Thomas Peterffy
I’m not devastated over a baseball game. If somebody came to me and said, ‘Your wife is terminally ill.’ Or, if my kids and wife get on a plane and I got a call that said, ‘Something happened with the plane,’ that’s devastating. – Tom Glavine
There has always been a saying in baseball that you can’t make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. – Ted Williams
If you’re giving me tickets to the football game, baseball game or hockey game, I’m taking the tickets to the hockey game. For me, it’s by far the most fun sport to go and watch live and be part of. I just don’t know why it doesn’t translate as well on TV. – Tom Glavine
God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise. – Shoeless Joe Jackson
Some men like to go in for polo, for example, and spend thousands of dollars on ponies. Some go nuts for paintings, and give half a million for a hunk of canvas in a fancy frame. But my passion is baseball. – Tom Yawkey
The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved. – W. P. Kinsella
Johnny was an athlete who didn’t play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn’t think he had it in him to be a professional. – Tommy Ramone
Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect. – Vin Scully
Arizona was the best place. I like the competition in baseball, and the football program has been great for the past five years. I think I’ll be playing as a freshman in both sports, and I think I can play with them. – Terry Vaughn
I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don’t know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you’re always on the ball. – Tim DeKay