Alesia Watson Quotes

The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame.

It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.

It`s not in baseball`s interest or the players` interest to be taking this stance. It`s the people`s game.

This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I`m surprised it`s as good as it is.

Certainly toward the end of the season, you and I could be in a ballpark and they might say the crowd is 30,000, and we could look around and see that there was no more than 10,000.

I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I`m sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.

I can`t be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

It`s tempting, because as one senator said to me, `We know if we invite baseball down, we`ll draw a crowd`.

I believe that, too, it`s hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.

The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don`t.