“The World Series is something that rarely gets to a number of venues in professional baseball. And that's one problem because we want the fan base of particular cities to participate in the World Series, even though there may be a lull in the particular performance of the regional team.” WorldWantMayProblemNumbersCitiesTeamFansParticularPerformancesBaseballSeriesVenuesWorld SeriesLulls Author:Scott Boras
“Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.” WayYeahRevenueIntriguing Author:Joe Torre
“I've always felt that I was talking to one person. But I've never envisioned who that one person is.” PersonsFeltTalkingThat One Person Author:Vin Scully
“And also it's an ever-gathering process. If I pick up the Sporting News or some sports publication and there's an article on somebody and I think I might see that player, I will tear it out and put it in a file, and I have a looseleaf book so when we're going to play that particular team I take out all these clippings and things I pulled out, I go through them, highlight them, put them in the book.” IfsThinkingBookPlayMightSportsProcessPlayerTeamTearsParticularNewsPicksArticlesGatheringFilesPublicationHighlights Author:Vin Scully
“Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.” YearsHappensNumbersPayAttentionParticularHugeConcernedYears AgoThings HappenPay AttentionStatisticsBad ThingsPitcherBad Things Happen Author:Joe Torre
“In this game, you have to think about making plays, you can't worry about making mistakes. At times, a guy will get thrown out, but in the bigger scheme, the bases we're going to take will far outweigh that occasional misread. And it depends on what you call a mistake. If the outfielder puts the ball right on the money, he's out by a quarter-step and it's a bang-bang play, that's not a mistake. That's baseball. If you're out by four or five steps, it's ugly, it's a misread, but in the big picture, that aggressiveness is going to help us more than the occasional blunder will hurt.” IfsThinkingPlayHelpingBigsGuyGamesHurtMistakeStepsWorryFiveFourDependsBaseballBallsBasesBiggerUglyThrownMaking MistakesQuartersSchemesBangsOccasionalBlundersBig PictureAggressivenessOutfielders Author:Mike Scioscia
“Few things have done more harm than the belief on the part of individuals or groups (or tribes or states or nations or churches) that he or she or they are in sole possession of the truth: especially about how to live, what to be and do - and that those who differ from them are not merely mistaken, but wicked or mad: and need restraining or suppressing.” NeedsStatesDoneIndividualBeliefNationsChurchGroupsMadPossessionHarmWickedSoleMistakenTribesSuppressingRestraining Author:Isaiah Berlin
“The more cruel the wrong that men commit against an individual or a people, the deeper their hatred and contempt for their victim.” PeopleMenIndividualHatredVictimDeeperCommitContempt Book:The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It
“Insanity and psychosis can no longer be respected as meaningful [terms] - but are used by limited individuals in positions of social power to describe ways of behaving and thinking that are alien, threatening, and obscure to them.” ThinkingWayUsedIndividualSocialTermPositionMeaningfulAliensInsanityObscureThreateningPsychosisSocial Power Author:Seymour Krim