A good umpire is the umpire you don’t even notice
BAN JOHNSON
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I’ll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.
Bob FellerBob Feller So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.
Bo JacksonBo Jackson There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball.
Bill VeeckBill Veeck The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.
Bowie KuhnBowie Kuhn Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.
Bob FellerBob Feller To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion.
Bill KlemBill Klem Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I’m making.
Bobby BonillaBobby Bonilla Rules are made to be broken, so there won’t be any rules.
Billy HermanBilly Herman