Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting

Famous quotes containing the words baseball, hall and/or fame:

    “Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs.”
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

    “This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions.”
    —Daniel Webster (1782–1852)

    “Death makes no conquest of this conqueror,
    For now he lives in fame though not in life.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)