After school Quote by Mickey Mantle

When I first started swinging a bat, I swung righty. So one time, my dad came home, and he wanted to see my batting…

— Prince Fielder

My Daddy was left-handed, and I was left-handed when I was little. In fact, I was left-handed all the way to high school. Then…

— Luke Appling

My dad used to do it when we were little, and I tried it when we played around in the back yard. Eventually, I…

— Ben Zobrist

I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's…

— Josh Charles

My brother was a left-hander. When I was young, my father would say take your brother's gloves and pads and play, so I picked…

— Sourav Ganguly

I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.

— Bob Sheppard

I wish I was just a left-handed hitter. It's really tough having to keep both sides sharp, and that's one reason why you don't…

— Lance Berkman

My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother,…

— Eddie Mathews

I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed.

— Dustin Diamond

My father instilled in me the need to behave correctly on and off the pitch.

— Paolo Maldini

I learned to bat and bowl on different pitches and knew when to go hard and when to back off. It was just something…

— Garfield Sobers

I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh yeah, I…

— John Kruk