It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.
Brooks RobinsonWhether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.
Brooks RobinsonI'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.
Brooks RobinsonPocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts
Brooks RobinsonThis is my best time of the year (spring training). Heck, once the season starts, I go to work.
Brooks RobinsonI'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.
Brooks RobinsonI'm a Major League 3rd Baseman. If you want to go play in parking lot, I'm suppose to stop the ball.
Brooks RobinsonI could field as long as I can remember, but hitting has been a struggle all my life.
Brooks RobinsonHe (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it, but when he got two strikes on you, he'd break out one that even he didn't know where it was going.
Brooks RobinsonIf your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
Brooks Robinson