#baseball

My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#been #believe #buying #dad #earning

Baseball has all the money. ↗

— Brett Hull

#money

Baseball is a game of inches. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#game #inches

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#done #even #figured #game #had

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball. ↗

— Pete Rose

#gasoline #hell #i #play #play baseball

Never bet on baseball. ↗

— Pete Rose

#bet #never

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

— Willie Stargell

#baseball #could #dream #money #opinion

Sadly, this problem of steroid use is not isolated to baseball. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#isolated #problem #sadly #steroid #use

Why would anyone want to fight Henry?" Loondorf looked hurt. "Because he's a ballplayer." "So?" "So he's a baller. He's got cash, chains, crisp clothes. He's got a hat that says Yankees and it's the real deal, yo. He didn't buy it at no yard sale. He walks into a bar and girls are like damn. Dudes get jealous. They want to get in his face, prove they're somebody." "They want to take down the man," Steve said helpfully. ↗

— Chad Harbach

#baseball #baseball-players #art

Free agency changed the baseball landscape in many ways. It created more opportunities for players, but it also meant increasingly fewer players would spend an entire career playing for one franchise—and that’s especially true for players capable of becoming “legends,” the ones in such demand on the free agent market. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#baseball-stats #baseball-trivia #free-agency #major-league-baseball #change