Roger Maris lost his hair the season he hit sixty-one, I still have all my hair, but when it's over, I'm going home to Mobile and fish for a long time. |
That's going to be left up to the commissioner and the rules committee. |
That's going to be left up to the commissioner and the rules committee. They would probably have to go back and look at some of those things that happened. |
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting. |
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting. |
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. |
This is wonderful, no doubt about it. You can tell by the fans that it's catching on and is going to get better and better. |
To this day, I don't know how he withstood the things he did without lashing back. I've been through a lot in my time, and I consider myself to be a patient man, but I know I couldn't have done what Jackie did. I don't think anybody else could have done it. Somehow, though, Jackie had the strength to suppress his instincts, to sacrifice his pride for his people. |
We need to be concerned about young people . . . if we don't protect them, how are we going to protect this country? |
Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball. |
You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail. |
You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field. |