Analyzing Our National Pastime
“The best pitcher I ever saw is ol’ Satchel Paige. My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet Satch shoots up the plate.” Dizzy once again paying his respects to the best negro pitcher of all-time at the time of Paige’s death.
“If I played all of my career in the outfield, I’d have 500 homers and 600 errors.” Well admitted by a horrible outfielder, but terrific bat.
“Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man had come to perfection.” The former sportswriter said it perfectly. Imagine how different the game would be if the measurements were any different.
“You wind him up in the spring, turn him loose, he hits .330 or .340, and you shut him off at the end of the season.” One of the great lefties of all-time on Hall of Fame second baseman, Charlie Gehringer.