Quotes by Joe Garagiola

• 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.
• Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.
• The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.
• One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
• It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.
• I went through baseball as "a player to be named later."
• Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.
• I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.