American - Athlete | May 18, 1946 -
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
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If you can't see the rotation and tell if it's a sink - a fastball, then you have to be able to tell whether that fastball is a two-seamer or a four-seamer. You have to be able to recognize if it's a slider or a curveball. You have to be able to recognize if it's a changeup or a split-finger.
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Fans don't boo nobodies.
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I am the best in baseball.
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I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.
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I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.
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I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.
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I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.
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I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player.
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In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.
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October, that's when they pay off for playing ball.
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Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
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