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"So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting."
Bert Campaneris
"So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting."
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"Cricket is basically baseball on valium."
Robin Williams
"Cricket is basically baseball on valium."
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"I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat."
Babe Ruth
"I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat."
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"Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become."
Mary McGrory
"Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become."
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"A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball."
Ernie Harwell
"A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball."
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"Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch."
Peter Tork
"Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch."
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"When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand."
Reggie Jackson
"When you've played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you've gone zero for five-thousand."
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"Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species."
Melvin Maddocks
"Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species."
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"The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too."
Michael Lewis
"The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too."
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"Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was."
Willie Mays
"Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was."
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"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
Red Barber
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds."
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"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'"
Robin Williams
"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'"
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"October, that's when they pay off for playing ball."
Reggie Jackson
"October, that's when they pay off for playing ball."
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"It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the players are using steroids."
Ken Caminiti
"It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the players are using steroids."
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"I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible."
Matt Long
"I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible."
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"If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like."
Phyllis Diller
"If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like."
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"When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade."
Ryan Sypek
"When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade."
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"I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed."
Roger Clemens
"I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed."
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"You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair."
Juan Marichal
"You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair."
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"President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards."
Conan O'Brien
"President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards."
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"It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'."
Fay Vincent
"It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'."
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"There is but one game and that game is baseball."
John McGraw
"There is but one game and that game is baseball."
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"I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play."
Willie Mays
"I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play."
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"I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games."
Marion Jones
"I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games."
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"Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture."
Michael Lewis
"Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture."
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"It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress."
Fay Vincent
"It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress."
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"I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special."
Nick Johnson
"I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special."
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"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."
Reggie Jackson
"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."
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"Why are baseball managers the only coaches who dress up like the players?"
Jay Mohr
"Why are baseball managers the only coaches who dress up like the players?"
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"Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen."
Bert Campaneris
"Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen."
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"We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls."
Jim Fowler
"We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls."
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"I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff."
Balthazar Getty
"I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff."
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"The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player."
Bernie Lincicome
"The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player."
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"I wanted to be a professional baseball player."
Balthazar Getty
"I wanted to be a professional baseball player."
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"It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball."
Floyd Abrams
"It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball."
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"I always get very calm with baseball."
Paul Simon
"I always get very calm with baseball."
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"The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up."
Michael Lewis
"The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up."
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"Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted."
Bradley Whitford
"Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted."
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"I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to."
Buddy Guy
"I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to."
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"I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes."
Rachel Griffiths
"I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes."
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"Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation."
Willie Mays
"Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation."
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"I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!"
Bea Arthur
"I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!"
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"You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight."
Reggie Jackson
"You don't face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He's the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight."
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"I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys."
Catherine Bell
"I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys."
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"It's very simple. We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight. Either baseball officials seriously want to rid their sport of doping, or they want to brush the issue under the carpet. So far, we haven't seen much evidence of the former."
Richard Pound
"It's very simple. We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight. Either baseball officials seriously want to rid their sport of doping, or they want to brush the issue under the carpet. So far, we haven't seen much evidence of the former."
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"If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor."
Ernie Harwell
"If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor."
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"When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons."
Red Barber
"When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons."
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"You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium."
Nick Johnson
"You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium."
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"I don't know anything about baseball."
Sean Connery
"I don't know anything about baseball."
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"I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future."
Garth Brooks
"I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future."
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