“I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.” ThinkingCountryNaturalFitMajorsBaseballLeagueMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Joe Nichols
“Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything—even spikes on a new pair of shoes—but they will eventually...they are bound to.” PeopleWorldYearsIdeasNumbersMajorsBaseballBoundsShoesHardestLeaguePairsNew IdeasUniformsHardest ThingMajor LeaguePair Of ShoesAllergicMajor League Baseball Author:Branch Rickey
“Austin, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio, are the two toughest communities in which you have to put together a winning football team. They are both big metropolitan areas without professional football and major league baseball to sidetrack them.” TwoBigsTogetherWinningCommunityTeamFootballMajorsAreasBaseballLeagueTexasOhioColumbusFootball TeamMajor LeagueAustinMetropolitanMajor League BaseballWinning FootballAustin TexasColumbus Ohio Author:Brent Musburger
“Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.” ShouldNumbersMajorsBaseballMajorityLeagueRetiringJackieMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Carlos Beltran
“Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.” ImportantGamesMajorsBaseballLeagueMajor LeagueMajor League BaseballBaseball History Author:Joe Torre
“America overflows with specious "victims" demanding redress for spurious grievances. However, one genuinely oppressed minority is getting overdue relief. Beginning with spring training in Arizona and Florida, Major League Baseball, taking pity on traumatized pitchers, is directing umpires to enforce the strike zone.” AmericaMajorsSpringTrainingConceptsBaseballVictimStrikesPityDefinedLeagueReliefMinoritiesZoneFloridaOppressedPitcherUmpiresArizonaGrievanceOverflowMajor LeagueOverdueRedressMajor League BaseballSpring Training Author:George Will
“Major League Baseball's labor negotiations involve two paradoxes. The players' union's primary objective is to protect the revenues of a very few very rich owners - principally, the Yankees'. The owners' primary objective is a more egalitarian distribution of wealth. The union believes that unconstrained spending by the richest three teams pulls up all payrolls. Most owners believe that baseball's problems--competitive imbalance, the parlous financial conditions of many clubs--result from large and growing disparities of what are mistakenly treated as 'local' revenues.” BelieveTwoProblemThreeWealthResultsRichGrowingPlayerTeamConditionsProtectMajorsLaborBaseballUnionsFinancialClubsSpendingLocalsObjectivesTreatedPrimariesLeagueOwnersParadoxNegotiationDistributionRevenueYankeesImbalanceDisparityMajor LeaguePayrollPull UpsDistribution Of WealthMajor League Baseball Author:George Will
“Major League Baseball is the best league in the world, full of capable hitters up and down every single lineup.” WorldMajorsCapableBaseballLeagueUp And DownMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Ron Darling
“There were never a lot of attacks on my work. We were building more parks than were ever built in the city, building more recreation centers, fixing more streets. We had national events, the Super Bowl, the (Major League Baseball) All-Star game, Final Four. We built seven hotels. The city hadn't built a hotel in 20 or more years.” YearsGamesStarsCitiesFourStreetsEventsBuildingMajorsBuiltBaseballSevenFinalsLeagueParksHotelBowlsRecreationFixingSuper BowlMajor LeagueAll StarsMajor League Baseball Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball.” TwoSchoolBecomingMajorsBaseballLeagueMinorsUmpiresMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Jim Evans
“There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.” PeopleThinkingMenRealFatherAttitudePlayerFieldsGrewMajorsGrew UpStandardsMen And WomenBaseballReal LifeLeagueBaseball PlayerDouble StandardMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Katie Uhlaender
“I played on the 2001 team, the team that won the most games in the history of Major League Baseball and also I played on one of the worst teams of Major League Baseball.” GamesTeamWorstMajorsBaseballLeagueMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Ichiro Suzuki
“My dream was to play Major League baseball. I've lived that dream.” PlayDreamMajorsBaseballLeagueMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Scott Rolen
“The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.” DreamPlayerMajorsBaseballLeagueBaseball PlayerMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Mark Teixeira
“The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied as the Giants, is great.” ChanceMajorsBaseballManagersLeagueGiantsMajor LeagueMajor League BaseballGeneral Manager Author:Ned Colletti
“Major league baseball players and owners should meet immediately to enact the standards that apply to the minor leagues, and if they don't, I will have to introduce legislation that says professional sports will have minimum standards for testing. I'll give them until January, and then I'll introduce legislation.” IfsGivingShouldSportsPlayerMajorsStandardsBaseballLeagueOwnersIntroducingMinorsMinimumLegislationTestingJanuaryBaseball PlayerMajor LeagueMajor League BaseballProfessional Sports Author:John McCain
“I remember I thought I should become a doctor, even though I had no talent for science whatsoever. Then of course, until I was about sixteen, I thought I might have a shot as a major league baseball player. But once I hit my full adolescence I lost all interest in that. I discovered, in rapid succession, books, girls, alcohol and tobacco, and I've never turned back. Those are the four things I'm most interested in.” ShouldBookMightRememberGirlCoursesLostInterestFourPlayerTalentMajorsShotsDoctorsBaseballAlcoholLeagueAdolescenceRapidsTobaccoSuccessionSixteenBaseball PlayerMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Paul Auster
“I've always said, "You make a lot of money in Major League Baseball, and it's all guaranteed, so what do you have to lose by going all out?" .” SaidLosesMajorsBaseballLeagueLots Of MoneyMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Prince Fielder
“Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue.” SaidFactsHomeRunningFightingGamesHurtIssuesPlayerFansMajorsBaseballSafetyLeagueFloridaHome RunMajor LeagueMajor League BaseballHitting Home Runs Author:Jay Leno
“Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: it's called the free market. That's how most people's salaries are set, after all, including those of major-league baseball players and European soccer players.” PeopleIfsEconomyPlayerModernMajorsBaseballIncludingSoccerLeagueMechanismFree MarketSalaryBaseball PlayerMajor LeagueSoccer PlayerMajor League Baseball Author:James Surowiecki
“The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.” Has BeensSeemsPresidentInterestingMajorsBaseballLeagueCould Have BeenInteresting ThingsMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Eddie Vedder
“When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.” SaidRealStatesWantedWishPresidentUnitedBoysUnited StatesPlayerMinesMajorsMy FriendsBaseballGenuineLeagueFishingBaseball PlayerKansasMajor LeagueWagnerBaseball LifeMajor League BaseballBaseball And Life Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower