RICHIE ASHBURN
After fifteen years of facing them
(pitchers) you don't really get over them. They're devious. They're the
only players in the game allowed to cheat. They throw illegal pitches
and they sneak foreign substances on the ball. They can inflict pain
whenever they wish. And, they're the only ones on the diamond who have
high ground. That's symbolic. You know what they tell you in a war -
'take the high ground first. #
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TY COBB
JOE DIMAGGIO
I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.
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KEN GRIFFEY, JR
Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?
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MICKEY MANTLE
I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about.
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WILLIE MAYS
When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.
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KIRBY PUCKETT
Everything has been written. Everybody knows everything about me. There are no secrets. Except the skeletons in my closet.
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TRIS SPEAKER
The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.
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DUKE SNIDER
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.
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HACK WILSON
If I keep drinking whiskey, I won't get no worms.
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