I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit. |
I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill. |
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice. |
I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense. |
I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again. |
If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are. |
If you hit a home run you can take your time running the bases. |
If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner. |
If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army. |
It ain't the water cooler that's getting you out. |
It's easy to get the players; it's getting them to play together that's the tough part |
It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living. |
It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like. |
Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put him in the line up. |
Johnny Sain doesn't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to. |