"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball." - Bill Veeck, Jr

"Baseball is like driving. It's the one who gets home safely that counts." - Tommy Lasorda

"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too." - Yogi Berra

“It's a bee-yoo-tiful day for baseball." - Sportscaster, Harry Caray

Winter cold drives deep into the soul,

Shoveling snow and busting ice dams down.

Even football doesn’t help, not even the bowls.

And then, first sign of spring, the world turns around.

Until spring training there’s little to do at all.

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball."

Baseball is a game both simple and hard.

Catch the ball in your mitt,

Watch for bad throws. Always on your guard.

Step up to the plate, get a hit,

Add to the scoreboard accounts.

"It's the one who gets home safely that counts."

They say love makes the world go around.

But the pop of a ball in the catcher’s mitt,

The crack of a bat (that magic sound),

Ball heading to the fence, homerun bound.

Baseball to summer is like paper and glue.

“Love is the most important … but baseball is pretty good, too."

Waiting for days, both clear and warm,

Not played on a field or court but in a park,

Baseball is the ultimate art form.

Grace and easy pace, from daylight to dark,

You needn’t do anything else at all.

“It's a bee-yoo-tiful day for baseball."