Crucial Quote by Rogers Hornsby

I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played…

— Roy Eldridge

It was much more fun playing with him than against him. If you wanted one pitcher to start the seventh game of the World…

— George Kell

I always tell Lawrence Gilliard Jr. he never got a decent bite of the apple, so I was happy we had a role that…

— David Simon

I'd say Ernest Hemingway would be a blast to get drunk with.

— William Beckett

Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and…

— Ray Manzarek

I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander…

— Lleyton Hewitt

Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented…

— Tommy Lasorda

Shyheim, I took him on the road with me on the Budweiser Superfest. He was like 15 years old, too young to be on…

— Big Daddy Kane

I was the biggest, most hopeless and most violent drunk in baseball.

— Sam McDowell

When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very…

— Craig Ferguson

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

— Charlie Rose

[ Chadwick Boseman] was not a baseball player. He spent, I don't know, countless hours, many months, working two sessions a day with professional…

— Harrison Ford