Beginning Quote by Aroldis Chapman

I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.

— George Pickett

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.

— Dizzy Dean

Coaching and playing in New York is different than any city. You see it in baseball - superstars play for the Yankees either thrive…

— David Lee

The Yankees had to fight all year to get in. When you're fighting all year and fighting all year, it wears you out a…

— Larry Bowa

My relatives have always taken their baseball seriously, and proudly rooted for the Yankees when they beat the boys from Brooklyn in six remarkable…

— Ed Henry

Major League Baseball has always recognized the influence that our stars can have on the youth of America. As such, we are concerned that…

— Bud Selig

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.

— David Wright

It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan…

— Bailey Chase

Typically, it takes young players years to adjust to life in the big leagues and to start performing up to their capabilities. Most of…

— Theo Epstein

If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up.

— Tony La Russa

People talked a lot about this upcoming talent on the Yankees and it was something that you kind of saw coming. These kids were…

— Aroldis Chapman

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played -…

— Alvin Dark