Quotes And Numbers Of The Nation


QUOTES OF THE NATION
"Baseball is the greatest game ever to spring from the mind of mortal man. Never forget that."-Bob Ryan
"Oh, let's all cheer up because A-Rod's come full circle now. He's got his ring, he's complete, blah, blah, blah, whatever. Listen, they’re used to it, and they have to accept the fact that no one outside New York is even remotely happy today. OK, the Yankees won. Move on. When does spring training start? When do we sign free agents?”-Curt Schilling
"Most ball games are lost, not won."-Casey Stengel
"....in the matter of Truth vs. Fiction, you’d always be wise to take Truth, plus the points, every time"-Bob Ryan
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do, I stare out the window and wait for spring."-Rogers Hornsby
NUMBERS OF THE NATION
Flight # Of Sox Delta Shuttle (NYC To Boston) On 10/14/04: 1918
2,127,233 Hits In Calendar 2004 (141,055 Hits on 10/26/04 Alone)
3,383,736 Hits In Calendar 2005
4,630,119 Hits In Calendar 2006
3,979,930 Hits In Calendar 2007
4,039,369 Hits In Calendar 2008
4,232,982 Hits In Calendar 2009
22, 393, 369 Hits In 2004-2009 Calendar Years
31,458 Days Between WS Wins #5 (1918) And #6 (2004)
1,097 Days Between WS Wins #6 (2004) And #7 (2007)