Brain dead? You can't be brain dead to play baseball, because you always have to adjust. Latin players, they're smart. I have friends all over the world, Spanish friends and English-speaking friends. They don't care. If you're good, you're good. |
He kept getting heavier and heavier and heavier. |
He never got over his career ending the way it did. He had four-five more good years left. |
He played hard but when he really wanted to play hard, no one was better than him. He had great range and could make some plays that others couldn't make. |
He would want us to feel like it's a celebration. |
I almost broke down, too, when I heard the news yesterday, but I tried to hold it in. It's a really tough situation. It's a really hard day, really hard day for all of us. |
I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing. |
I think it's great with all the opportunities that those players have now. By the time those kids here come here, they are ready for Rookie league or Class A league or whatever, because we can keep them (at the academies) for a couple years until we think they are ready to come here, and that makes a big difference. |
I think that the game is the game. I think that expansion is good for the game because it gives more jobs to the people and more ballplayers can play, but I think the game is still the game. The ballplayers, they come into the game with one thing in mind -- it's their job. |
It will be fun, but more fun if we had Earl, ... If Earl was here, he would make everybody laugh. |
It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream. |
It's a shame; I hope to be able to go before it's too late. It's a bad law; this is hard to believe. |
It's almost impossible to go into the Hall of Fame the way the system is now. It's ridiculous ... If I played in New York, I'd be there a long time ago. You play in Minnesota, they stick it to you. |
It's very hard because he was like my son. |
Kirby meant to me a lot. For me, it's like my own son. He used to call me 'Papa', too. |