“Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great Anglo-Saxon ball games for sophisticated elegance and symbolism. Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base - in both senses - greed. With football we are back to the monotonous clashing armor of the brontosaurus.” ThinkingWorldMadeTwoWarBeautifulFormGamesFootballProudBaseballBallsGreedVariousFleshChessSensesCompareSubstitutesSophisticatedCricketEleganceMixturesMedievalArmorSymbolismMonotonousChivalryBall GamesMedieval WarAnglo Saxon Author:John Fowles
“Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.” ThinkingKnowsStillsPlaySawsFieldsPositionBaseballBallsIdolsCartoonBugsBunniesFamous Baseball Author:Nomar Garciaparra
“Baseball, to me, is still the national pastime because it is a summer game. I feel that almost all Americans are summer people, that summer is what they think of when they think of their childhood. I think it stirs up an incredible emotion within people.” PeopleThinkingFeelsStillsGamesEmotionChildhoodSummerBaseballIncrediblesBaseball PlayerPastimeBaseball GamesBaseball HittingAmerican Baseball Author:Steve Busby
“The beautiful thing about baseball is that anything can happen. It's like life in that way. As soon as you think you have it all figured out, something happens that makes you realize - you know nothing. The only thing that's guaranteed is that it will be an exciting ride.” ThinkingKnowsWayHappensBeautifulRealizingBaseballExcitingThings HappenBeautiful ThingsAnything Can Happen Author:Alyssa Milano
“Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.” ThinkingKidsBoysExampleMinesProudCapableBaseballTerrificTeammatePlaying Baseball Author:Bob Uecker
“I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the pitcher's young and he's got this great arm, and he doesn't really realize anything about strategy.” ThinkingYoungRealizingArmsBaseballStrategyPitcher Author:Bruce McCulloch
“When I was a freshman in high school, I got a letterman jacket, which you'd think would be great stock. The jacket had the big S on it, for Santa Monica. But rather than having a football or a baseball on the S, I had a little nine iron. Girls thought it was a flute.” ThinkingLittlesBigsWould BeSchoolGirlFootballHigh SchoolBaseballNineIronSantaJacketsFreshmanFlutesMonicaLettermanSanta Monica Author:Carson Daly
“I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.” ThinkingBaseballMy Future Author:Garth Brooks
“I don't like American football. I think it's boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It's played on a diamond.” ThinkingBeautifulFootballBaseballBoringRidiculousDiamondPredictableAmerican FootballVery Beautiful Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.” PeopleThinkingMeanYoungFlowerSpringTrainingOptimismBaseballSunshineTime To ThinkSpring Training Author:Ernie Banks
“People think [baseball players] make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000.” PeopleThinkingYearsFunnyRealizingMillionsPlayerBaseballBaseball PlayerFunny Baseball Author:Pete Incaviglia
“I wonder why there is a designated hitter in baseball after all these years? As an experiment, it seemed like a swell enough idea, but you would think the novelty would have worn off by now and everyone would get back to playing baseball.” ThinkingYearsIdeasEnoughWonderBaseballExperimentsGet BackWornNoveltyPlaying BaseballDesignated Hitter Author:Jay Mohr
“Major League Baseball has created a Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. And that's where he's always going to be. It's unfortunate that the commissioner's office has decided to allow that to be the reality. I don't think Pete would mind if they said 'No' to Pete. Pete wants them to go one way or the other and get him out of the void he's in.” IfsThinkingWayWantMindSaidRealityOfficeMajorsDecidedBaseballRoseOne WayLeagueVoidUnfortunateThey SaidMajor LeaguePurgatoryCommissionersMajor League Baseball Author:Mike Schmidt