Flying Quote by Skeet Ulrich

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

— Bob Uecker

I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basically an 'in-infield' shortstop because all…

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

I went through baseball as a player to be named later.

— Joe Garagiola

When I was a kid, my nickname was Mr. Baseball. Because of the stitches.

— Emo Philips

I was a center fielder, and I played shortstop.

— Mike Conley Jr

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

— John Malkovich

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me…

— Gary Carter

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

— Jose Altuve

I was always the smallest guy on the field.

— Brian Roberts

Everybody had nicknames when I was a kid.

— Soupy Sales

People tried to test me (in 1999) and I came up with some pretty good throws. Everybody on the team calls me 'Bazooka' now.…

— Albert Belle

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

— Herbert Hoover