The Gigantic Book of Baseball Quotations

About this book

Heres what former Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck had to say about baseball: This is a game to be savored not gulped. Theres time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings. Thats just one of the thousands of quotes gathered in this gigantic collection and they include some of the wisest wittiest comments made on Americas national pastime. Edited by Wayne Stewart a sports writer with almost 30 years of experience and 20 books to his name and with a Foreword by Roger Kahn who wrote the seminal book on baseball The Boys of Summer this anthology includes observations from players managers owners writers fans and more. Among the greats whose thoughts are here to savor: Hank Aaron Satchel Paige Babe Ruth Sandy Koufax Willie Mays Derek Jeter Don Zimmer Roger Angell Red Barber George Will and countless others. This is a great gift book for any baseball fan! Skyhorse Publishing as well as our Sports Publishing imprint are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball pro football college football pro and college basketball hockey or soccer we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats Louisville Cardinals UCLA Bruins or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.