"It ain"t like football. You can"t make up no trick plays." --Yogi Berra "Come out and see my Amazin" Mets. I been in the game a hundred years but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before." --Casey Stengel "[Night baseball] is just a fad. It"ll never last after the novelty wears off." --Ed Barrow "The pitcher only had a ball, I had a bat." --Henry Aaron "Trying to sneak a fastball by [Buck Leonard] was like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster." --Monte Irvin In this collection, players, writers, fans, and observers--famous and infamous--share their insights, witticisms, and anecdotes about the grand old pastime of baseball. From the nature of the game to the business of baseball-and almost every facet in between-there are classic sayings from such notables as: * A. Bartlett Giamatti * Red Barber * Donald Hall * Catfish Hunter * Ring Lardner * Philip Roth * Ty Cobb * Nelson Algren * Leo Durocher * Stephen Jay Gould * Reggie Jackson * Connie Mack * Jackie Robinson * George F. Will * Sparky Anderson * Frank Deford * Rickey Henderson * W. D. Kinsella * Satchel Paige * Mike Schmidt * Ted Williams For fans of baseball tradition, baseball literature, and baseball players, this is a rare collection. It makes a great gift.