Occupation: Baseball Player Birth: July 23, 1936 Death: July 3, 1993
The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age..
We're comfortable financially, so it wasn't a financial issue that I voted Conservative. Basically, it was for the same reason we voted for Diefenbak….
My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team..
In Brooklyn, it was as though you were in your own little bubble. You were all part of one big, but very close family, and the Dodgers were the main ….
I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over..
Where do you want it?.
The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid..
A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face the facts, it's all over baby..
When the ball is over the middle of the plate, the batter is hitting it with the sweet part of the bat. When it's inside, he's hitting it with the pa….
When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes..
It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and then, within two years, these guys suddenly know everything about baseball..
If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters..
Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and t….
When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove..