Baltimore Orioles Quotes

“It’s one thing to win a game with a base hit, or to save a game by pitching a scoreless ninth ... it’s something altogether different to save our National Pastime by day in and day out showing up with the joy and passion of a kid playing Little League and the determined attitude and work ethic of a consummate professional bent on doing one thing and one thing only: his job.”
― Tucker Elliot, Baltimore Orioles IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom

“World Series MVP is a unique individual honor because with one exception—Bobby Richardson won 1960 World Series MVP honors for the Yankees, but the Pittsburgh Pirates won the Series that year—by virtue of winning the award you guarantee your teammates have won a ring.”
― Tucker Elliot, Baltimore Orioles IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom

“When I was a kid, my parents were very careful about who was “acceptable” as my heroes if you will, because they didn’t want me being influenced by athletes who lacked morals. Cal Ripken and Dale Murphy were at the top of my mom’s list of players she felt were good role models, so of course I was a diehard fan of both those guys.”
― Tucker Elliot

“You don't ask the sun why you orbit, you just orbit. You let the gravitational waves of the baseball season pull you in and you surrender yourself, happily.”
― Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir

“Baseball taught me how to love.

The game made sense to me, and spending time with it felt more like an obsessive relationship than a simple want.”
― Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir

“You realize that the sleeping stadium is more beautiful at night, with the unshakable quietus rooting it to the earth. It rests like a graveyard--empty but throbbing all at once. With the pollution of light extinguished, maybe you even see the Dog Star blinking back at you.”
― Greg Larson, Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir