Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because some people like them. It's the same with baseball statistics.
Bill James

I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball.
Bill James

I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.
Dave Winfield

Baseball is a game of inches.
Branch Rickey

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.
Bill Veeck

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
Lou Brock

Baseball is a man maker.
Al Spalding

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Jim Bouton

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.
Willie Stargell

I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.
Penny Marshall

Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.
Leigh Steinberg

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.
Sargent Shriver

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
Willie Stargell

Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
Willie Stargell

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
Willie Stargell

I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history.
Rafael Palmeiro

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
Willie Stargell

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.
Bill Veeck

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail.
John Thorn

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
Willie Stargell