Well maybe i’ll fall hard, something tough to break me, something sharp to rip into my insides and bleed out all that pain.
AL KALINEI can’t take another day of this.
More Al Kaline Quotes
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That was the easiest part of all. I couldn’t wait to get to the ballpark I’d be the first one there and I was willing to do anything. I think that’s why the veterans liked me.
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It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me.
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One reason outfielders don’t have stronger arms might be they don’t practice as much as we did.
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He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.
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I can’t take another day of this.
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I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown.
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I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too.
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Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now – basketball, football, soccer – for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.
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I had to walk down that aisle between all the players. I really didn’t know too much about the Detroit Tigers at that time.
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I’ll never forget that first night with the team. Going to the ballpark on the bus was the hardest 30 minutes of my life.
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Most teams today don’t take outfield practice.
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Look at how goddamn ugly the stars are.
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This time you’ve dug yourself an anchor too heavy to move ahead with.
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All of a sudden I’m in the major leagues and we’re traveling from town to town.
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Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions.
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