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When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.

— Gary Sheffield

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

— Jose Canseco

There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.

— Alex Gibney

Baseball is a team game.

— Eddie Murray

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

— Ty Cobb

Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

— Joe Torre

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.

— Casey Stengel

No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

— Lefty Gomez

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.

— Hank Aaron

Baseball's postseason shifts from game to game because of starting pitchers and the geography of the ballparks.

— George Vecsey

✗Opposing Perspectives

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards.

— Bill Lee