Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "the Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak, a record that still stands...
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Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.
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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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I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee
baseball fun pain
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 thought he had been shot.
family sports baseball
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
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When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
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The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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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.
birthday sports baseball
You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
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A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
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I would hang every human being who possesses a drop of rebel blood in their veins.
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There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.
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I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.