The regular season starts April 6th, but the next few weeks belong to us. Grab your sunscreen, a seat, a hot-dog, your favorite beverage, and enjoy the following quotes to help you get ready:

1. It ain't nothin' till I call it. - Bill Klem, umpire

2. There have been only two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare. - Tallulah Bankhead

3. Ninety percent of this game is half mental. - Yogi Berra

4. If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base. - Dave Barry
5. I watch a lot of baseball on radio. - Gerald Ford

6. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. - Bill Veeck

7. Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs. - Tim McCarver

8. The other teams could make trouble for us if they win. - Yogi Berra

9. Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card. - Charles Schulz

10. I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. The ball just doesn't get there as fast. - Eddie Bane

11. Well, it took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, and I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. - Hank Aaron

12. We know we're better than this, but we can't prove it. - Tony Gwynn

13. It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays. - Yogi Berra

14. If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it. - Dick Allen on artificial turf

15. You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. - Mickey Mantle

** thanks to Betsy Towner, AARP