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There are younger Aztec ruins.

sportswriter & newspaper columnist

Allen S. Sothoron pitched his initials off yesterday.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

You feel guilty telling the batters to go out there and get a hit. They look at you funny, as is if to say, 'you try it.‘

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

We know we’re better than this, but we can’t prove it.

American baseball player

If ever an error had ‘F’ written on it, that grounder did.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

“Hell, Lou, it took fifteen years to get you out of a game; sometimes I’m out in fifteen minutes.”

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Reporter: Will you be rooting for the American League or National League in the All Star Game?

Dole: Probably.

(1923 – ) U.S. senator (Kansas) & presidential candidate

When we played, World Series checks meant something; now all they do is screw up your taxes.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

I went to church the other day to pray for our pitchers… but there wasn't enough candles.

baseball manager

An almost inexorable baseball law: A Red Sox ship with a single leak will always find a way to sink; no team is worshipped with such a perverse sense of fatality.

American sportswriter

Baseball is like church…. many attend, few understand.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

Sooner or later, the lame, the halt, and the blind all seek refuge with us.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

I’m not an athlete; I’m a professional baseball player.

professional baseball player

The only problem I really have in the outfield is with fly balls.

(1960 – ) Puerto Rican professional baseball player

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I’ve never seen a guy on the DL [Disabled List] with pulled fat.

professional baseball player

The highlight of my career?… in '67 with St. Louis, I walked with the bases loaded to drive in the winning run in an inter-squad game in spring training.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Overwhelming underdogs.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager