#ball

My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#auction #ball #big #dodger #ever

My dream, I remember, when I went to boarding school, was to have a study all my own, a little nook someplace where nobody could get at me - nobody, like the football coach. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#boarding school #coach #could #dream #football

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm. ↗

— Eddie Mathews

#called #hitch #hitting #only #rhythm

A pitcher is not a ballplayer. ↗

— Christy Mathewson

#pitcher

Baseball and malaria keep coming back. ↗

— Gene Mauch

#baseball #coming #keep #malaria

Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was. ↗

— Willie Mays

#born #i #i was born #maybe #play

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run. ↗

— Billy Mays

#baseball #business #compare #funny #home

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps. ↗

— Willie Mays

#also #baseball #business #combat #disguised

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports. ↗

— Willie Mays

#ball #birmingham #black #came #guys

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball. ↗

— Willie Mays

#defense #key #me #playing