Category Archives: quote of the day

“They should have come out of the dugout on tippy-toes, holding hands and singing.” Mantle’s impression of the 1963 A’s new bright green and gold uniforms.

“I feel like I’m turning my back on an old friend.” The great Red Sox catcher had many great memories with that wall. Fisk on playing in front of it as a member of the White Sox later in his career (occasionally played left field for Chicago).

“Us ball players do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work.” Arguably the greatest 2nd baseman of all-time puts it accurately about baseball, or any athlete for that matter.

“Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe the greatest.” A president who loved America’s past time as much as America loved it.