Every Strike Is One Step Closer To

If It Wasn't For Baseball, I'd Be In Either The Penitentiary Or The Cemetery. I Have The Same Violent Temper My Father And Older Brother Had. Both Died Of Injuries From Street Fights In Baltimore, Fights Begun By Flare-ups Of Their Tempers.

Don't Ever Forget Two Things I'm Going To Tell You. One, Don't Believe Everything That's Written About You. Two, Don't Pick Up Too Many Checks.

I'd Give A Year Of My Life If I Could Hit A Homerun On Opening Day Of This Great New Park.

(ty) Cobb Is A Prick. But He Sure Can Hit. God Almighty, That Man Can Hit.

I Won't Be Happy Until We Have Every Boy In America Between The Ages Of Six And Sixteen Wearing A Glove And Swinging A Bat.