I was doing what I love to do: play baseball. Not going to complain about that.
When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.
When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.
Skip Caray was my favorite announcer as I grew up listening to the Braves on TBS and on the radio. One night, listening to a game that was headed into extra-innings, the broadcast was just breaking away to commercial when Skip said, 'Free baseball in...
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps.
As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple at a baseball game. You've got to let go of the diet that day.
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.
The great thing about baseball is, I've heard a hundred statements beginning, 'The great thing about baseball is.
Fay: You love baseball. Harry Block: Baseball's easy because it has rules. It has foul lines.
Donald: Popcorn at a baseball game? It's unnatural. I want a hot dog.
I'm a Baltimore guy. I've always loved Baltimore and always will love Baltimore, but baseball is baseball, and when you're playing on the opposing team, you're going to get booed.
I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.
The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.
Professional sports are something they can't control.
I wish I could go to Paris right now.
I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.
I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting.
I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player.
It's a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball.
I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world.
