Grandma Quote by Robinson Cano

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 grandma once told my mama, 'The kid's walking crazy around the cornfield, talking to himself.' I was calling ballgames.

— Keith Jackson

I remember when I was 10 years old, my dad would hit hundreds of ground balls and throw hundreds of pitches for me to hit.

— Carlos Correa

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

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

— Paolo Maldini

I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

— Stan Musial

My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

— Pedro Martinez

I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on…

— Stan Musial

It's way easier to pitch than it is to hit.

— Brandon Crawford

I kind of realized I couldn't blow the ball by everybody. In high school I could do that, but now it's not going to…

— Justin Verlander

My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard.…

— Mickey Mantle

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.

— Satchel Paige