The World Series of Baseball Quotes

Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. [Shmoop University Inc.]( Hey, Shmoopers, Congratulations, Dodgers and Astros fans. This is your week. For the rest of you, let's ignore the fact that your team didn't make it (or that you, uh, couldn't care less about [baseball]( and instead take a stroll down famous quotes in baseball. Some you know well, some you've never heard, and some you'll be surprised are related to baseball at all. 6 Baseball Quotes to Get You Through the Series 1. Take me out to the ballgame. "[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]( is as American as...baseball. But the song actually started off as a Vaudeville tune. Maybe don't bring that up during the seventh-inning stretch, though. People get serious about their peanuts and Cracker Jack. . If you build it, he will come. Kevin Costner is no [Robert Redford]( but he does the trick in a different baseball movie: Field of Dreams. [This line]( is one of the most popular in movie history—and one of the most popularly [misquoted](. 3. Mighty Casey has struck out. "[Casey at the Bat]( is the one-hit wonder of, uh, baseball poems. But whether you know it from the Disney version, a children's book, or any other medium, you probably remember the famous line: "[There is no joy in Mudville—Mighty Casey has struck out.]( (Oh...spoiler alert.) 4. There is no crying in baseball. A League of Their Own is chock-full of classic lines, but Tom Hanks delivers the winner with this one: "[There's no crying in baseball.]( Tell that to the fans of whoever loses this year's series. 5. Who's on first? When some guy you've never seen before hits a single, don't ask "[Who's on first?]( or your great grandpa will launch into a bit you really won't get. 6. Nice guys finish last. Yep, this one's a baseball quote...kind of. Leo Durocher, Brooklyn Dodgers team manager, quipped about the New York Giants: "Take a look at them. All nice guys. They’ll finish last. Nice guys. Finish last." Even in the '40s, people had short attention spans, so the sportswriters of the day wrote up the shorter version: "[Nice guys finish last]( Here's hoping you don't strike out with these quotes, --------------------------------------------------------------- Quote of the Week "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." ~ [The Pride of the Yankees]( Sorry, Yankees fans. So close...but yet so far. Copyright © 2017 Shmoop University Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you registered as a user with good ol' Shmoop. Our mailing address is: Shmoop University Inc. P.O. Box 0935Los Altos, CA 94023 [Add us to your address book](//shmoop.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=373fbcef003d1c710e10416c5&id=affa322785) This email was sent by Shmoop. [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Preferences](