A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide - these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin.

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

He's the best prospect I've ever seen.

I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean?

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

Baseball is a game of inches.