I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr. Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.

Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick your head out of the window and you'll know why.

Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating.

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth game 1-0, his manager fined him fifty bucks.