Baseball Quotes
For several years, I've been collecting quotes about baseball. Here they are, separated into categories.
Chemistry, intangibles, all that sort of stuff.
Just a very small sampling of the vast wisdom of Branch Rickey.
Since pitchers are a species unto themselves, they deserve their own category.
So, are these guys really role models? Are they supposed to be?
Why do so many of them suck?
Some stuff about how the game is played, or at least should be played. Lots of Earl Weaver here.
You know, that "Everything was better in 1740" crap. Some really priceless whining, as well as a few Enlightening Facts. Perhaps even a Brutal Truth or two.
(With apologies to A.A. Milne.) A collection of quotes from old guys through the ages, who all insisted that baseball was at its peak when they, coincidentally, were at their peak. Currently covering quotes ranging from 1913 to 1997, and you can't tell one decade's bitching from another's. This stuff is really amazing.
The guy's a freak, people. He is unreal.
The classic, yet ridiculous, "market size" dispute.
