The A's might have bullpen issues, and they might have a lot of them. But no team in the history of baseball has been a .118 team in one-run games over a full season. I should research that and cite something ...
The answer is no. Your objective as a writer or speaker of a quotation is to make an impact. Evaluate both choices -- paraphrase and direct quote. Usually, paraphrasing makes more sense if: 1  the quotation is long and wordy. 2  the words in the quotation are not powerful. 3  the source of the quotation is unknown or dubious. 4  you are capable of making a good paraphrase without making it seem like plagiarism.
1. Use single quotation marks for quoted material, titles of works, or special terms that appear within a quotation. Note: If you use British English for your audience, switch the double and single quotation marks above. That is, use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote. 2. If you use a single quotation mark next to a double quotation mark, you may use a space, a thin space (one you manually make smaller), or no space between them. Examples: