Category Archives: quote of the day

“Henry Aaron is simply smarter than all the pitchers. He deceives pitchers. One of his secrets is his slow manner. He puts pitchers to sleep.” Johnson was a pitcher and teammate of Aaron’s for some time in the late 1950’s.

“I don’t know nothing’ ‘bout no Jackie Robinson.” Vince’s response when asked about what Jackie Robinson meant to him. Coleman is second on the all-time list for stolen bases as a Cardinal, as he lead the league in steals every year he was on the Cardinals from 1985-1990.

“Maybe they should see if his body is corked.” Johnson, who is 3rd on the all-time Mets list for homers, doubles and RBI’s gives his thoughts on fellow slugger, Bo Jackson.

“If I handpicked 12 off days every year, I guarantee you I’d hit 10 or 15 points higher.” Cal’s record of 2632 consecutive games played may never be touched, but he had a point in this quote as a fully rested Cal could have easily hit over .300 more than the 5 times he did.