Quote#Self
Baseball always has been and always will be a game demanding team…
Quote byBabe Ruth · 1895–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Chapter X," Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball (1928), p. 135; reprinted as "Babe Ruth's Own Story — Chapter X: Great Individual Stars Worth Little Without Team Play; Signs and How They Operate, The Pittsburgh Press (January 18, 1929), p. 45.
English (original)
Baseball always has been and always will be a game demanding team play. You can have the nine greatest individual ball players in the world, but if they don't play together the club won't be worth a dime.
— Babe Ruth
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