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Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection.

Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
None None
Sports Columnist

I believe in the Rip Van Winkle Theory: that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk into a ballpark and understand baseball perfectly.

Bowie Kent Kuhn
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5th Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-1984
HOF 2008

Every game is a new game, different from any other that's ever been played.

Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
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Sports Columnist

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.

Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
None None
Sports Columnist

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle--once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

Ron Luciano
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Umpire

I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.

Recalling when he was growing up in Kansas fishing with a friend

Dwight D. Eisenhower
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34th President of the United States
Contributed by: Annie - Firstbaseman

The Cubs are just never quite good enough, and have invested 90 years in the proof....of all the fine examples of consistent imperfection, the Cubs are the poster bunch...

Discussing the Chicago Cubs' 1998 season

Bernie Lincicome
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Chicago Tribune sports columnist

The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it. If they don't recognize you, you can enjoy your dinner knowing you did a perfect job.

William Joseph Klem
None None
Umpire
HOF 1953

I was originally drafted by the Braves for $5,000.00. That concerned my old man, because we didn't have that kind of money. But eventually he scraped it up and I went off to play.

Robert George "Bob" Uecker
None None
Catcher / Broadcaster
Contributed by: Nick Johnson

The Yankees Win! Thhhheeeee Yankees Win!

Sterling on the New York Yankees winning game four of the 1998 World Series. Sterling ended each of the 125 Yankee wins that season with this line.

John Sterling
None None
Radio Announcer

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