When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
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Related The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers. EARL WEAVER I think baseball owes McGwire a gratitude of thanks for putting baseball back on the map where it sh... JOSE CANSECO I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball. PETE ROSE The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. JOSE CANSECO The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you ma... HANK AARON The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understo... HANK AARON When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over,... JACKIE ROBINSON It a joke. They knew what was going on. Baseball was in a down period [in the mid-1990s] and they wa... ISAAK LAZAROV It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run. BILLY MAYS Major League Baseball and Holiday Inn are going to hit a home run. I just had to say that. MARK SNYDER There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It'... ALEX GIBNEY When I first came into baseball, people didn't want to hear that a team was a business. But it i... BILLY BEANE You never expect to hit a home run off a guy like that, ... He's the best pitcher in baseball. He's ... BRIAN MCCANN We just shut it down all of a sudden and started playing bad baseball. LUIS MATOS As we all know, Cooperstown is the home of baseball. One of the many duties of the home plate umpire... DOUG HARVEY Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazz... ERNIE HARWELL Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's s... JOE TORRE When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't wan... RYNE SANDBERG Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over.... PETER UEBERROTH We lived near a playground that had four baseball diamonds on it, and when I got to be 11, 12 years ... BOBBY DOERR Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. TOMMY LASORDA Of all the plays in baseball, stealing home is by far the most exciting. CHEECH MARIN It wasn't really until the 10th or 11th grade when I started to play well, and football took the... CALVIN JOHNSON I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball. BARRY BONDS I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff. BALTHAZAR GETTY Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseb... STAN MUSIAL If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. BABE RUTH It's better to get a rosebud while you're alive than a whole bouquet after you're dead. HOME RUN BAKER The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. ... HOME RUN BAKER I enjoy baseball. I go to the home baseball games, I got to the home basketball games. I don't trave... DARRELL ROYAL Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it. BILL TERRY We did this study to see what is the economic impact in sports, with baseball in mind. While basebal... REP. NANCY DETERT Walk-off home runs work magic. This is huge. We knew we were coming back. And with that home run? Yo... JUSTIN PIGOTT People in the U.S. like good baseball, whether you're on the home team or not. HIDEO NOMO Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. TOMMY LASORDA Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are ... GARY BETTMAN I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves... GEORGE BRETT I think the game was out of hand before that (home run). It doesn't (mean a great deal) because I do... JEFF KENT The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little club... FAY VINCENT I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and co... CASEY STENGEL When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all ... MICKEY MANTLE I hated baseball. I really didn't like baseball at all until someone decided they were going to ... JOHN KRUK Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If y... W. P. KINSELLA As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremel... JOE TORRE That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran... BILL LEE Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast. JOE GARAGIOLA Going home and just seeing what a mess youth baseball was was an eye-opener. I just want to make it ... ROY HALLADAY Brooklyn is the only place in baseball where money doesn't matter. Only the fans do. A.J. CHILSON I don't think I have any guys that are going to hit 20 home runs, but I have a lot of guys who can m... MIKE LANG I was a baseball player, I taught baseball, and all of a sudden I was in the business world. Now I u... WILLIE MAYS The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball... JIM COURIER In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field... KEN HARRELSON We knew we were in for a game. It's elimination time. But when the home run came, it kind of gave us... LAYTON ALIVIADO After the season, we all go back home and give clinics. After the first year we did, the kids improv... CHAIRON ISENIA I grew up in baseball stadiums. It was my two brothers and baseball around me all the time. I knew n... STEPHANIE SIGMAN I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing. PETE ROSE I'm old, old enough to play baseball or football. I'm not eight yet. My Mom told me when you start b... EDWARD J. MCGRATH JR. And I started it all. I threw the home-run ball. BOB SHAW Cuba has sent a strong message to the rest of the baseball world, but this is a message that we have... FREDERICH CEPEDA It's very frustrating, but that's just baseball. That's baseball, and we know that. And we're going ... RAY GAULT The world lost a great baseball fan and great baseball organizer when he died. I guess God needs a b... DON GEORGE I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, be... CAL RIPKEN, JR. The home-field advantage in baseball, to me, I don't understand. I had to play as well on the road a... WILLIE MAYS In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs. EARL WEAVER You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibil... TONY LA RUSSA He might be the best all-around player in baseball today. If we're going to put our money somewhere ... PHIL GARNER Stealing home is one of the most sensational plays in baseball. If the run thus scored is the winnin... BILLY EVANS My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me... DAVID ORTIZ I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture. BOB UECKER I go to the gym in a baseball cap, sweats and then run into a boy I like. It happens - so what? AZITA GHANIZADA I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very s... CAL RIPKEN, JR. In baseball, you can hit 40 home runs on a single-A-league team and never get paid a thing. But in a... JULIAN ROBERTSON It was just a great baseball game. Win or lose, obviously you don't want to lose, but you could unde... CHRIS BATES The typical baseball play is a pitcher throwing a ball and the batter not swinging at it, while the ... RICHARD CORLISS I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm ... RYNE SANDBERG I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... ... VIN SCULLY When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your c... SAM EWING There is a lot of money going into home real estate, and home improvement runs in step with that. DONALD TROTT He wants to score. And it's like a guy in football, or a guy in baseball that wants to hit the big h... BILL MCDONALD Barry Bonds surpassing Babe Ruth's career home run mark is a good thing for Babe Ruth, because it dr... MIKE GIBBONS Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game. RYAN REYNOLDS I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all. DAVE WINFIELD There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the Whi... WAITE HOYT The auction is casual and you could have been in the garden all day, at baseball or soccer, come hom... CATHY HERDNER We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigg... PAT GILLICK I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, than... ROBINSON CANO I think the message has been delivered. Baseball is baseball in all parts of the world ? be it in th... FREDERICH CEPEDA The format was not that critical, because we realize the freeholders were not bound by mandate to ac... ANDREW TIDD It should be a fun weekend. This is good for baseball. One of these teams goes home, and the one tha... LOU PINIELLA (Barthelemy) hit a hanging curve for his home run. The next home run came on a fastball on a 3-2 pit... DON BUFORD You can put the [hit-and-run on], but the kids have to execute it. That was Mount Carmel baseball. W... BRIAN HURRY If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, o... CARLTON FISK This was a great high school baseball game. We came out on the positive side today, but both teams p... BRIAN CHAMPION You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've go... EARL WEAVER I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players... ROGER ANGELL It's a ways from home, but Miami has one of the top-ranked football and baseball programs in America... DANIEL STEGALL We've been in the driver's seat for so long now, that if we lose this thing, it's not going to be be... JAKE PEAVY Hopefully, they can say, "There goes the best baseball player in the world." I honestly believe I di... WILLIE MAYS It's a matter of running a tight ship and pounding home the idea that baseball needs to be played th... ERIC MILTON
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