Across Quote by Jane Leavy

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

— Alfonso Soriano

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

— Dan Millman

For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs…

— Bill Bryson

Mickey Mantle was baseball.

— Bob Costas

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

Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back…

— Mark McGwire

Now they talk on the radio about the record set by (Babe) Ruth, and (Joe) DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine.…

— Roger Maris

The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the…

— Rogers Hornsby

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the…

— Lefty Gomez

In 1961, when Maris broke Babe Ruth's record, he wasn't intentionally walked once. Mickey batted after Roger, and nobody was going to put a…

— Mel Allen

During the 1920s New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert once described his perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium. 'It's when the Yankees score eight runs…

— Peter Golenbock

The home run took a while to sink in because all I could think of was, 'We beat the Yankees! We beat the Yankees.'

— Bill Mazeroski