Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.

When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.

He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the same scientific approach I gave it. He just swung. If he'd ever had any knowledge of batting, his average would have been phenomenal. ... he seemed content to just punch the ball, and I can still see those line drives whistling to the far precincts. Joe Jackson hit the ball harder than any man ever to play baseball.

A ball bat is a wondrous weapon.

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

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.