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

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

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

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.

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

There never has been a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than Robinson.

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.