Ernest Lawrence Thayer on baseball

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville⁠—great Casey has struck out.

You teach me baseball and I’ll teach you relativity…no we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball.

Albert Einstein1879–1955

Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.

Casey Stengel1890–1975

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Little League baseball is a good thing ‘cause it keeps the parents off the streets and it keeps the kids out of the house.

Yogi Berra1925–2015