More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.
I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.
I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman.
I kind of dress like a boy from the nineties. I like wearing baseball hats. I just like to be really comfortable.
Short of baseball and my family, it was gaming. And gaming is a $20-million to $200-million multi-year effort. It's an insane, stupid and utterly irresponsible act. But I did it.
I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game of baseball. I wanted to start a family. I was happy.
Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.
I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.
There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.
Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off - cowboy hat, baseball hat, or otherwise.
You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.
I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.
Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
The Atlanta Braves are really all that our children know about this crazy baseball life, and we are so thankful for this upbringing for them.
I love sporting events and popcorn and pizza and being outside, like at a baseball or football game. I love amusement parks, going to ride roller coasters.
Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain.
If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.
The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
