"I ain't afraid
to tell the world that
it didn't take school stuff
to help a fella
play ball."
Shoeless Joe Jackson

"I think everyone
is ticklish.
You just gotta find
the right spots."
Derek Jeter

"I had to fight
all my life to survive.
They were all against me...
but I beat the bastards
and left them
in the ditch."
Ty Cobb

"Baseball was made for kids,
and grown-ups only screw it up."
Bob Lemon

"Modern man drives
a mortgaged car
over a bond-financed highway
on credit-card gas."
Earl Wilson

"Moderation is the center
wherein all philosophies,
both human and divine, meet."
Benjamin Disraeli

"I never threw
an illegal pitch.
The trouble is,
once in a while
I toss one
that ain't never been seen
by this generation."
Satchel Paige

"Truth is beautiful,
without doubt;
but so are lies."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I think
the most privacy I had
was when the game
was going on."
Roger Maris

“You can observe
a lot
just by watching.”
Yogi Berra