I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.

The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.

Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.

The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.