I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading.
Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
Let me show you how it's done... Loser!
As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.