The phrase ‘off with the crack of the bat’, while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.
JOE DIMAGGIOI played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time.
More Joe DiMaggio Quotes
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Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.
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Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit .350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches an pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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I’m proud to have been a Yankee. But I have found more happiness and contentment since I came back home to San Francisco than any man has a right to deserve. This is the friendliest city in the world.
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You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to ‘Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,’ then your body says, ‘Who me?’
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If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I’d have to say, ‘George, you and I are about to become partners.’
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I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.
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All pitchers are born pitchers.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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After I got that hit off Satchel (Paige), I knew I was ready for the big leagues.
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It’s great to be young and be a Yankee!
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Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don’t belong there.
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I no longer have it (desire to play).
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