On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to the White Sox for Joe Tipton. I was surprised and hurt.
(Doc) Cramer told me I was hitting too much off the front foot and that I wasn't using the right kind of bat. I had been using a long, skinny stick a… - Nellie Fox
(Doc) Cramer told me I was hitting too much off the front foot and that I wasn't using the right kind of bat. I had been using a long, skinny stick a…
- Nellie Fox
If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve. - Nellie Fox
If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve.
We won (the pennant) because we've got a superior ball club. Not many stars perhaps, but the kind of team that always plays well together. - Nellie Fox
We won (the pennant) because we've got a superior ball club. Not many stars perhaps, but the kind of team that always plays well together.
I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did. - Nellie Fox
I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did.
All small men, all non-power hitters, must learn to bunt well. It's half your game. - Nellie Fox
All small men, all non-power hitters, must learn to bunt well. It's half your game.
On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived. - Nellie Fox
On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.
You don't have to be big to be a big leaguer. Look at Phil Rizzuto. He's really small and he's been one of the greatest that ever was. - Nellie Fox
You don't have to be big to be a big leaguer. Look at Phil Rizzuto. He's really small and he's been one of the greatest that ever was.
(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week. - Nellie Fox
(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week.
On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to the White Sox for Joe Tipton. … - Nellie Fox
On October 19, 1949, I got a telephone call from the Philadelphia (A's) front office informing me I had been traded to the White Sox for Joe Tipton. …
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