Catfish Hunter
Catfish Hunter
James Augustus "Jim" or "Catfish" Hunterwas a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball. From 1965 to 1979, he was a pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, and New York Yankees. Hunter was the first pitcher since 1915 to win 200 career games by the age of 31. He is often referred to as baseball's first big-money free agent. He was a member of five World Series championship teams...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 April 1946
CityHertford, NC
CountryUnited States of America
The difference between God and Reggie Jackson is that God doesn't think he's Reggie Jackson.
The bigger the game, the better I liked it. Not that I was about to let anybody know I was excited. I approached every game the same way. One pitch, one hitter at a time.
The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time.
I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.
They don't know who I was or that I played baseball.
He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.
This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.
If I had done everything I was supposed to, I'd be leading the league in homers, have the highest batting average, have given $100,000 to the Cancer Fund and be married to Marie Osmond.
On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said, 'When you were six you ran away from home, and when your parents found you at a nearby lake, you had already caught two catfish and were pulling in a third. Now repeat it back to me.'
The thing about Reggie (Jackson) is that you know he's going to produce. And if he doesn't, he's going to talk enough to make people think he's going to produce.
Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is.