GFBB Note: It WAS a great game. Who said baseball was boring? So far both Netherlands and Japan have secured Semi-Final spots.
In case you missed that awesome game between Cuba and the Netherlands this morning, MLB has this little recap for you:
It was a good game.
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"You can judge the dog in the fight, but you can't judge the fight in the dog." Mitch Williams on the 2010 World Series.
"That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards."
Bill Lee.
"Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades." Frank Robinson.
"No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball." Casey Stengel.
Shortstop for the Redmond's for 11 great years!
Society for American Baseball Research
"I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage." Lefty Gomez, Yankees pitcher.
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. ~George F. Will.
"Does Pete Rose hustle? Before the All Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him." Hank Aaron.
“You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.” - Jim Bouton
"I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice." - Casey Stengel
"This isn't a job. This is a privilege, that's what this is!" - Mike Krukow, TV Commentator, on being at the ballpark each day.
"I've found that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats." -Bill Veeck, Chicago White Sox owner.
"Derek Jeter's accomplishment puts Pete Rose's hits record in perspective. 3,000 hits is phenomenal. 4,000? Freakish!" - Anthony Castrovince via Twitter
"The best possible thing in baseball is winning the World Series. The second best thing is losing the World Series." - Tommy Lasorda
"You teach me baseball and I’ll teach you relativity.... You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball." - Albert Einstein
"Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray."
Joe Garagiola
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