“Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field.” BelieveWellsAmericaLawNationsLevelsFieldsAnd LoveBaseballLibraryVersionsCustomsRitualPrivileged Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti
“The people of America care about baseball, not about your squalid little squabbles. Reassume your dignity and remember that you (players during the 1981 strike) are the temporary custodians of an enduring public trust.” PeopleLittlesCareAmericaRememberPlayerDignityBaseballEndureStrikesTemporaryPublic TrustCustodiansSquabbles Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti