Top 7 Pedro Septién Quotes

"Being a Tigres del Mexico baseball fan, by definition, is deciding to walk on a rocky path rather than a smooth one; they know the euphoria of victory, and the heartache of seeing their team leave its place of origin. Being a Tigres del Mexico baseball fan is the story of joyful painfulness and painful joyfulness." (Spanish: "El aficionado al Tigres, por definición, ha decidido caminar por el empedrado en lugar de la plana vereda; conoce tanto la euforia de la victoria, como el dolor de ver a su equipo irse de su lugar de origen. Ser del Tigres, es la historia del placer sufriendo, y del llorar gozando.) Pedro Septién circa 2005

"The greatest ballplayer was Ty Cobb". (Spanish: "El más grande pelotero de la historia ha sido Ty Cobb".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

"Baseball is too good a business to be a mere sport and too much of a sport to be a mere business". (Spanish: "El beisbol es demasiado negocio para ser un simple deporte y demasiado deporte para ser un simple negocio".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

"There's no defense against the walk". (Spanish: "Contra la base por bolas no hay defensa".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

"Football has 14 variants; baseball has millions". (Spanish: "El futbol tiene 14 variantes; el beisbol, millones".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

"To know the baseball player who is alive, you need to know the baseball player who is dead". (Spanish: "Para conocer al pelotero vivo, tienes que conocer al pelotero muerto".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

"Numbers are prophets that look backwards (in time)". (Spanish: "Los números son profetas que miran hacia atrás".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)