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Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.
Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.
Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules read more
Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire standing read more
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, read more
Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.
I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream read more
I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over read more
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the read more
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.
Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.
Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.