You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a
baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other
way around all the time-Jim Bouton

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and
saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the
infant's life without even considering if there are men on
base-Dave Barry

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball.
 I'll tell you what I do.  I stare out the window and wait
for spring-Rogers Hornsby

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can
succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good
performer-Ted Williams