The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.

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

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

Don't come home a failure.

Don't come home a failure.

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right...

I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The crowd makes the ballgame.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I...

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I...

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should...

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should...

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

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

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in...

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had...

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but...

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but...

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in...

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the...

Baseball is a man maker.

Baseball is a man maker.

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When...

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When...

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you...

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you...

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money.

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money.