I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

The first time I faced him I watched him take that easy windup and then something went past me that made me flinch. The thing just hissed with danger. We couldn't touch him... Every one of us knew we'd met the most powerful arm ever turned loose in a ball park.

I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.

Most collisions out on the fields are needless.