Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting

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

    “One of the baseball-team owners approached me and said: “If you become baseball commissioner, you’re going to have to deal with 28 big egos,” and I said, “For me, that’s a 72% reduction.””
    —George Mitchell (b. 1933)

    “Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.”
    —Daisy Ashford (1881–1972)

    “Alas I find the Serpent old
    That, twining in his speckled breast,
    About the flow’rs disguis’d does fold,
    With wreaths of Fame and Interest.”
    —Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)