Afternoon Quote by Rickey Henderson

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

My dad was a founder of our Little League chapter in my hometown so you talked baseball in our family for breakfast, lunch and…

— Alex Cora

We lived near a playground that had four baseball diamonds on it, and when I got to be 11, 12 years old, I was…

— Bobby Doerr

Baseball's just something that's always been a part of my family. My dad did it, my brother did it, I grew up doing it.

— Eddy Alvarez

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

— Rickey Henderson

When I was a kid, it was just like I would catch groundballs at shortstop, second base, third base, outfield.

— Fernando Tatis Jr

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because…

— Adam DeVine

We really had baseball in the family. Even that little habit I've got of chewing tobacco on the ball field sort of comes from…

— Nellie Fox

As a kid, I always played baseball.

— Ronald Acuna Jr

As a base runner myself, the moment I reached second base I began to fantasize about the potential contact at the plate. Every time…

— Gabe Kapler

One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first…

— Satchel Paige

I grew up playing baseball.

— Tyler Herro