Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.
The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.
I never saw a pitcher I didn't feel sorry for.
Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.
I've always played hard. If that's rough and tough, I can't help it. I don't believe there's any such thing as a good loser. I wouldn't sit down and play a game of cards with you right now withing wanting to win. If I hadn't felt that way I wouldn't have got very far in baseball.
I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.