Backup Quote by Stephen Rodrick

“Freddie Freeman led all Braves’ starters with a (.282) batting average in 2011. Not bad for a rookie. Then again, this is the kid…

— Tucker Elliot

Isn't it odd? A guy bats .301 and has 35 homers. Then everybody starts to tell him what a good fielder he has become.

— Dick Stuart

I doubt many guys have played only shortstop for 1,600 games and pitched one game. I'm on a list by myself, I think.

— Brandon Crawford

Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.

— Casey Stengel

“Joe DiMaggio batted safely in 56 consecutive games in 1941, the same season Ted Williams batted .406—but did you know that also in 1941,…

— Tucker Elliot

I remember, at least in Little League, we tried to be like everybody. So my first at-bat, I can be like Robinson Cano. Second…

— Juan Soto

I'm not a big baseball fan, to be honest.

— Jimmy Fallon

“...it was one at bat during October 1975 that defined his [Joe Morgan's] place in baseball history and secured the legacy of the Big…

— Tucker Elliot

“The career batting average (.254) during parts of five Major League seasons for Francisco Cabrera—which proves that it takes only one big hit, on…

— Tucker Elliot

“It wasn’t until 1959 that the Red Sox finally joined the rest of the major leagues and brought up a black player from the…

— Ben Bradlee Jr

He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me…

— Warren Spahn

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.

— Ted Williams