Bill Veeck

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#bat #harbinger #returning #sound #spring

There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#only #seasons #two #winter

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#almost #baseball #best #even #get

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity. ↗

— Bill Veeck

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Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#attitude #audience #baseball #crowd #distinctive

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing. ↗

— Bill Veeck

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I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ↗

— Bill Veeck

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I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous. ↗

— Bill Veeck

#devastating #else #fool #i #kid

I was in the game for love. After all, where else can an old-timer with one leg, who can't hear or see, live like a king while doing the only thing I wanted to do? ↗

— Bill Veeck

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Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too? ↗

— Bill Veeck

#before #every #game #income #income taxes