Quote of the day

Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.

~Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson (Pixabay)

Quote of the day

I keep telling myself, don’t get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while.

~Vida Blue

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Vida Blue, c. 1977 (public domain)

Quote of the day

The Dodgers are such a team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they’d find it.

~Vin Scully

Vin Scully, March 2008 (Craig Y. Fujii/Wikimedia Commons)

Quote of the day

This is pretty much a postseason atmosphere, and we’re getting it right in the middle of Spring Training. It’s a great team over there, and it almost makes me kind of want to go play in winter ball a little bit and see how rowdy these fans get. It looks really fun, and I was glad to be a part of it.

~Trea Turner, on the experience of playing in the World Baseball Classic

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Trea Turner, 2021 (All-Pro Reels Photography / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic)

Quote of the day

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

~Wade Boggs

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Wade Boggs, August 1989. (Photo by Chuck Rydlewski/WireImage)