Frank Deford
Related We had some fun with the Bristol name, but there were the barnstorming teams that created the first ... PAUL MELVIN BOBBY KNIGHT I knew that some of the major league teams that owned their minor league affiliates were doing quite... JASON FREIER JERRY SPINELLI You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league ump... DOUG HARVEY I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell any... WILLIE MCCOVEY The governor has said that at some point in time, it would not be unlikely to hear from Major League... BRIAN MCCLUNG JIM BROWN DAVID LETTERMAN Major League Baseball and Holiday Inn are going to hit a home run. I just had to say that. MARK SNYDER TONY LA RUSSA They have major-league players. So people know now that we can play against major-league players. FREDERICH CEPEDA This is the greatest victory in the history of Cuban baseball because our opponents were major-leagu... FREDERICH CEPEDA DEREK JETER JOE DIMAGGIO The system has not only put out a lot of major-league talent but it's still very deep in guys that a... BILL GEIVETT I always wanted to be a major-league baseball player. BRYCE HARPER JOE NICHOLS I'm in the major league now. PITBULL WALTER DEAN MYERS GIANCARLO STANTON I think I'd like to be an owner of a Major League Baseball team. MITCH MCCONNELL He was a guy who had a lot of character within the game of baseball and played the game right, playe... JAY BELL Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's. CARLOS BELTRAN Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's ... CARLOS BELTRAN The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring trainin... JIM EVANS I was a baseball player and a football player at Stanford, so I didn't play a lot of golf in col... JOHN ELWAY LUIS SUAREZ Lou really had a year that he had to stay away from major league baseball. I didn't know that at the... BOB CASTELLINI He was the guy who made it all happen. He had a single focus: dedication to bringing Major League Ba... ALAN BOMSTEIN JAMES SUROWIECKI BARRY BONDS GEORGE BRETT This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere. CARL POHLAD MIKE FITZPATRICK We took our time to examine all potential alternatives, contacted every team, and tried to make the ... CHRIS ANTONETTI NANCY CARTWRIGHT Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn't mean anyth... MIKE MCCARTHY This was extreme circumstances,'' said Pat Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball. JEFF TORBORG All of the major players were buying a lot of places and they were going into debt. GREG BOLTON I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correc... MARY HART EMINEM My view hasn't changed. We're just not ready for Major League Baseball. JEFF BEAVER We believe it's good to promote baseball world-wide. Some major-league and minor-league players will... BENNY LOOPER There are a number of communities in the United States that have raised their hands and said, 'We ar... GERALDINE GONZALEZ STELLA MCCARTNEY I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom ... JENNA BUSH When you're a major college football coach and your son is a major college football player, the chan... GREG MATTISON Austin, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio, are the two toughest communities in which you have to put togethe... BRENT MUSBURGER Austin, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio, are the two toughest communities in which you have to put togethe... BRENT MUSBURGER We'd certainly love to have that at a major-league ballpark. Has that been discussed yet? No. Will t... DAVE MCCARTHY You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a m... MARJANE SATRAPI When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer... LANDON DONOVAN CHRISTOPHER GUEST I do recall that, out in Aurora, there had been a small corps of German and Central European immigra... DEREK MOORE STANLEY KUBRICK JOE TORRE ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI Here's a man who may have a major-league arm, but he's got a bush-league attitude. JOSEPH LOWERY EDEN HAZARD We're proud that Major League Baseball already has the toughest testing agreement in professional sp... LAUREL PRIEB We put out press releases to tell people what had happened to me and that I had a large weight gain ... LOU GRAMM BARRY LARKIN We've made our decisions and joined in a contract with Major League Baseball. We intend to see that ... PETER ANGELOS He's a major league player, a major league hitter. He's going to be back up here. BRUCE BOCHY There seemed like a little confusion. They were looking around at each other on the line. We had to ... ANTWAN LAKE In 2007, there weren't any other accelerators, at least that I was aware of. We were almost the ... PATRICK COLLISON I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have e... FLOYD ABRAMS It's an honor for anybody, especially here, the oldest franchise in major league baseball. AARON HARANG I was really happy with the year I had. I showed a lot more power than I did (as a rookie). I think ... JOSE CASTILLO JACOB DEGROM BARRY BONDS JAMES CAMERON JERRY SPINELLI The quotas had been met. There was nothing we could do about it. The assets of major-league baseball... BENNY LOOPER The quotas had been met. There was nothing we could do about it. The assets of major-league baseball... BENNY LOOPER There is a likelihood that they were exposed to infected poultry but there were no obvious signs of ... APHALUCK BHATIASEVI I'm very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game. ALEX RODRIGUEZ Major League Baseball has prostate awareness for two weeks leading up to Father's Day, and I wan... STEVE GARVEY I think overall with his game, he's a little rusty. He's a major-league player; he's a major-league ... BRUCE BOCHY To be recognized in the same category as these other great American cities that are also major-leagu... CLAYTON BENNETT I feel really proud I'm one of only two to be playing in the final. I sense Major League Baseball is... ICHIRO SUZUKI SUZANNE FIELDS If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airport... WARREN RUDMAN We were looking for a major football conference which also had a total package for everybody. BILL OLSEN There were some really good results. Each of the girls had some little problems in places, but they ... ALDO RADAMUS The first intimation I had that the Yankees were for sale was through an item to that effect in the ... JACOB RUPPERT JOSE CANSECO I think this has been a big deal for Houston. It really helped make the port there a major league po... MARC LEVINSON It was fairly quiet, there were no major problems, no really awful incidents. The people were very r... KAREN GRAVA In all these major cities, the police were all white, a big part of them living outside the central ... FRED HARRIS JOE DIMAGGIO They would definitely be in control of their own destiny ... But they still need a place to play and... BILL LESTER Bosch had never liked Las Vegas, though he came often on cases. It shared a kinship with Los Angeles... MICHAEL CONNELLY This is our home field. If we want to close it, we should be able to close it. That being said, they... ADAM EVERETT I think the outside world can learn a lot about how to act by watching a major league clubhouse. I d... TERRY FRANCONA Right now the Spurs are in business besides basketball. We're sincere in looking at the possibility ... LEO GOMEZ I know that I can get Major League hitters out, so I've got that going for me. But at the same time,... DANA EVELAND YOGI BERRA You're probably not a member of a major league baseball team, your errors, unless they are truly spe... JANE GOODSELL
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Major League Baseball has the best idea of all. Three years before they'll take a kid out of col... 
I think I have a pretty goofy profile for a writer. It seems to me most writers were reading 'Li... 
I don't feel I could've played major league baseball. 
I guess when I was a kid, there was no Major League Baseball except in Chicago and Cincinnati, 
It's a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball. 
My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball. 
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there. 
I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music. 
What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafte... 
There's not much you can complain about - you're a Major League Baseball player; you're ... 
I had a really hard time growing up; we were a large family, and we didn't have much money at ho... 
Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: ... 
I don't want to be a Major League coach. 
American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot. 
She'll be evaluated like any other Double-A umpire. Major League Baseball has never attempted to inf... 
I will not re-transmit without the express permission of Major League Baseball 
Some asshole kept throwing oranges and other fruit at me while I was onstage. Fucker had an arm like... 
I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of t... 
I talk to people of different ages, and a guy who's 38 who says, 'I could've played Majo... 
Because I direct films, I have to live in a major English-speaking production center. That narrows i... 
Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's s... 
There are major disappointments with the outcomes of Solidarity: corruption, and major pockets of ec... 
I didn't want to go to Chelsea, because I wanted to play the Champions League and they were sixt... 
I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career t... 
Whenever we had career day at elementary school, and we could dress up like what you wanted to be, w... 
I certainly didn't think of myself as gifted. The standards for being gifted in my environment w... 
I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I ... 
That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in compet... 
My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. Th... 
Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there. 
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my ... 
Before the Colts arrived in 1947, the best athlete in town was a woman duckpin bowler named Toots Ba... 
Football teams represent cities and colleges and schools. The people have built great stadiums, and ... 
It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be es... 
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. 
The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to... 
I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I... 
The best revenge is massive success. 
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. 
Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. 
What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. 
My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but yo... 
There's enough pressure in life without seeking competition. That makes it double pressure. 
I live in a crazy time. 
Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxe... 
Don't follow trends, start trends. 
Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial. 
I was a thug. 
I always say that I don't want to be sentimental, that the photographs shouldn't be sentimen... 
I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above al... 
You do your work as a photographer and everything becomes past. Words are more like thoughts; the ph... 
Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we ... 
You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass. 
And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians. 
I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the fi... 
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation an... 
Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving. 
I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than tha... 
You don't have to go fight bulls in Spain like Hemingway to write something great, or go off to ... 
I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it an... 
You have to be smarter and a wiser businessperson and consumer. You have to learn to protect yoursel... 
The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the g... 
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