Jackie robinson Quote by Ken Burns

“He was by no means a thief, but Jackie had learned the hard way that life could drag disgrace out of you.”

— Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

“Frank has a childhood memory of Ma “screeching at Jackie for being such a bold girl that her da had to go to the…

— Tana French

“Alex stood near Tiger Stadium. It was closed down now and abandoned, a ghost of itself. Alex loved baseball and lamented the new stadiums…

— Gary Hardwick

“There was a baseball game on but it didn't look real. It was guys in uniforms playing games on a deep green field. They…

— Walter Dean Myers

“On days like this, baseball would make Michael as happy as it ever did. No umpires. No coaches. No rules except the ones you…

— Mike Lupica

“Beckett grabbed Billy by the jaw. “If you ever touch Jimmy again, I’ll kill you. It’s that simple.”

— Debra Anastasia

“I cracked one over a row a trailers that bordered the outfield fence- hit it so hard that Ted Williams came running out from…

— Hank Aaron

“When we were taking classes, we’d come home between classes and eat lunch together every day. We would cook lunch and then watch Matlock…

— Willie Robertson

“Chase closed his cell phone. Why the hell did he feel like he’d just been kicked in the balls? To Seven he said, “Is…

— Adrienne Wilder

“Something told me to take a leap of faith. To go with the flow and take that leap. It was the crazy, idiotic part…

— Dorothy Koomson

“Out popped Paul Duffy, in plain clothes except for a state police windbreaker and a badge clipped to his belt. He looked at me…

— William Landay

“Years later he would say that when he'd decided to become a professional baseball player, it was the only time he'd done something just…

— Michael Lewis