#baseball

There is something special about baseball that goes far deeper than being a game. It is the father-son relationship that is built, the life lessons that are taught in the process of playing a game and the ability to overcome not succeeding all of the time and still considering yourself a success. ↗

— John Passaro

#father-son-relationship #life-lessons #life

Beside her, she can feel each breath he draws. How is it possible to be so close to a person and still not know what you are to each other? With baseball, it's simple. There's no mystery to what happens on the field because everything has a label -- full count, earned run, perfect game -- and there's a certain amount of comfort in this terminology. There's no room for confusion and Ryan wishes now that everything could be so straightforward. But then Nick pulls her closer, and she rests her head on his chest, and nothing seems more important that this right here. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#love #relationships #love

Baseball was the darling of all sports back then. ↗

— Marion Motley

#baseball #darling #sports #then

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#baseball #ever #had #i #job

In baseball, there's always the next day. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

#baseball #day #next

Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#baseball #blame #day #disappointment #feel

That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#baseball #moneyball #age

When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#attendance #back #baseball #blind #blind eye

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is! ↗

— Ted Williams

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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. ↗

— Ted Williams

#any #baseball #been #game #hitter