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.
AL KALINEAnother 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.
AL KALINEMost teams today don’t take outfield practice.
AL KALINEI can’t take another day of this.
AL KALINEYou’ve got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you’re able to complete it and do it the right way.
AL KALINEIt 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.
AL KALINELook at how goddamn ugly the stars are.
AL KALINEAll of a sudden I’m in the major leagues and we’re traveling from town to town.
AL KALINEWell maybe i’ll fall hard, something tough to break me, something sharp to rip into my insides and bleed out all that pain.
AL KALINEThe most relaxing thing i do, hang halfway out a 3rd floor window, and look at rocks if i fall out.
AL KALINEI see the other players dressing different every day. I’ve got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I’m really embarrassed.
AL KALINEThat 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.
AL KALINEI’ll never forget that first night with the team. Going to the ballpark on the bus was the hardest 30 minutes of my life.
AL KALINEI was very, very shocked about Cooperstown.
AL KALINEHe 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.
AL KALINEI 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.
AL KALINEAs the days went on, I didn’t mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them.
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