David Grann Quotes

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on the American people than any other institution.

Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.

As we all know, Cooperstown is the home of baseball. One of the many duties of the home plate umpire is to make sure that the runner touches home. Well, if you're a true baseball fan, you need to visit Cooperstown. This is home.

There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.

I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.

Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

I've had a good time here in baseball. I love baseball. That's why I'm still around.

It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.

Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

The only real game - I think - in the world is baseball.

You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium.

I love my baseball, and I love my Phillies.

In the Negro Leagues, I played every day.

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball.

I was glad to play in the Negro Leagues. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

I don't know anything about baseball.

Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.

Say this for big league baseball - it is beyond any question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America.

I was a fan of baseball growing up. We played baseball; I used to play in an A&P parking lot. It wasn't always easy to find a good baseball field to play in.

All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments.

I love baseball history, and Wrigley Field is as good as it gets when it comes to that.