I have an Alka-Seltzer bat. You know-plop, plop, fizz, fizz, when the pitcher sees me walking up there he says, 'Oh, what a relief it is'. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
The biggest adjustment from the minors was learning to spend $45 in meal money. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
It's a lot like life. I think 99 percent of what goes on in life, we have very little control over. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
If someone from Germany or somewhere, who had no idea what baseball was, saw Kruk play, he'd wonder what the beer truck driver was… — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
I can only guess that, for guys in their 30s and 40s who watched me play, they understood that the score never mattered and… — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates)… — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
I don't care what you do - baseball or politics - George W. Bush is always going to be compared to his father. I… — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
He (Ozzie Smith) plays like he's on a mini-trampoline or wearing helium kangaroo shorts. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to follow. — Andy Van Slyke Copy Share Image
