Baseball Quotes, Sayings about baseball sport

When people think of the United States (or America, as some call it) it is often defined with three words – mom, baseball and apple pie. This places the game of baseball in a unique position because mothers and good apple pie are unequaled in importance. So, is this game played by children and adults alike really so important in life? Some would argue that it is. For example, many young folks have worn T-shirts with the phrase “Baseball is Life. The Rest is Just Details” printed across the front of the shirt.

That’s a very strong statement about a game that was invented just a couple of centuries ago. But the truth about baseball is that the game is now a billion dollar industry around the world. It’s a business that provides employment for thousands upon thousands of people. But what is the essence of the game called baseball? What lies at the heart of a game that can be played in any open field with just a stick and some sort of round object? Men and women of great wisdom have commented on this unique game. Let’s let their words say what so many want to say about this wonderful pastime.

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Defeat is worse than death because you have to live with defeat.

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Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion.
Author: Bill Klem.

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The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.
Author: Gaylord Perry.

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People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
Author: Rogers Hornsby.

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I know I’m the world’s worst fielder, but who gets paid for fielding? There isn’t a great fielder in baseball getting the kind of dough I get paid for hitting.
Author: Dick Stuart.

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Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts.
Author: Tommy Lasorda.

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Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.
Author: Wes Westrum.

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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
Author: Yogi Berra.

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I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.
Author: Walt Whitman.

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If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
Author: Babe Ruth.

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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
Author: Walt Alston.

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It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
Author: Hank Aaron.

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What you have to remember is that baseball isn’t a week or a month but a season – and a season is a long time.
Author: Chuck Tanner.