Stengel, on baseball players who break curfew 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-mighty Casey has struck out.

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.

Sure, I have muffed a few in my time. But I never called one wrong in my heart.

There is no defense against a base on balls.

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can be almost understood.

Swing at the strikes.

If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them? -Yogi Berra, The Yogi Book, to baseball commissioner Bud Selig about lagging baseball attendance Ninety percent of the game is half mental.

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.

For the parent of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into innings.

Baseball was the only sport that made sense, she said: clear as Parcheesi, clever as chess.

Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

Didn't come up here to read.

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up.

A curve ball that doesn't give a damn.

You can't think and hit at the same time.

Pitching is ... the art of instilling fear.

It ain't nothin' till I call it.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

You can observe a lot by watching.