Balls Quote by Curt Young

When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the…

— Ryne Sandberg

My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first pitch I threw…

— Steve Carlton

I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that…

— Tim McCarver

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat…

— Bert Campaneris

I guess I'm the only guy old enough to figure him (Nolan Ryan, 1-Hitter Game in 1991) out.

— Dave Winfield

He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No…

— Casey Stengel

Finally learning his baseball history, on the topic of Hank Aaron and his home run record

— Alfonso Soriano

He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me…

— Warren Spahn

Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks…

— Bob Uecker

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

— Jerry Coleman

“[Tony] Pérez stood out because he was a clutch hitter. And like Bench and Morgan and Rose, it was a clutch October hit that…

— Tucker Elliot

He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the…

— Dizzy Dean