Baseball Rules Quotes

"I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules." - Hall of Fame Manager Leo Durocher

"In spite of their importance we fear there are sections of the Official Rules that are somewhat less than exhilarating. So don't bother your pretty wits about them; simply race through the few pages assembled here and we guarantee that you'll end up knowing more about baseball than any man worth looking at." - A Housewife's Guide to Baseball (1958)

"I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity." - Owner Bill Veeck, Jr.

"Number one rule, attend to business" - Lefty Grove

"Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game." - Branch Rickey

"Players like rules. If they didn't have any rules, they wouldn't have anything to break." - Coach Lee Walls

"Rules are made to be broken, so there won't be any rules." - Manager Billy Herman

"The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault." - Ty Cobb

"The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules." - Hall of Fame Manager Sparky Anderson