Bases Quote by Mickey Mantle

I know what kind of pitcher Whitey was, and I know what kind of person Whitey is. It makes me feel proud to be…

— Mariano Rivera

Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally…

— Jean Shepherd

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

If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.

— Mickey Mantle

It was hard walking around the pitch... You do that when you win trophies. The fans were throwing flags on and that was hard…

— Darren Fletcher

I couldn't be a White Sox fan because that was like being a Mets or a Yankees fan.

— Hillary Clinton

The moment the game (AL Pennant versus the Twins) was over I sprinted for the dugout. The fans were pouring onto the field. If…

— Carl Yastrzemski

Turner was like a pencil. He bent around that pitch!

— Jerry Coleman

I regret that he didn't do anything about it, even though he was at least a head taller than me. I wouldn't have minded…

— Jim Steranko

He was real low on his pitch count, but we had a fresh bullpen. I didn't think that was much of an issue.

— Xavi Hernandez

Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.

— Linda Ellerbee

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