Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that.
If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball. - Pee Wee Reese
If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.
- Pee Wee Reese
I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed… - Pee Wee Reese
I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed…
You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them. - Pee Wee Reese
You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be able to hit wi… - Pee Wee Reese
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be able to hit wi…
Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were. - Pee Wee Reese
Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were.
Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the… - Pee Wee Reese
Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the…
If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them. - Pee Wee Reese
If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.
Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin. - Pee Wee Reese
Changing from a player to a coach, I felt like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I didn't know where to begin.
I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throw… - Pee Wee Reese
I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throw…
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