Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jacksonis an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels of Major League Baseball. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 May 1946
CountryUnited States of America
achieved babe level overrated perhaps reached ruth
Perhaps for one night, ... I reached back and achieved that level of the overrated superstar. Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
afford buy dream dreams gives good mays mickey rings rotten supposed willie
I used to dream how good it would be to be Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. My dreams have died. Even the rotten rings aren't what they're supposed to be. I'll buy my own diamonds. I can afford it now. No one gives you anything, you've got to get it for yourself.
bad call inside nice trying work
Sometimes, you get into bad habits, ... He has what we call a nice behind-the-ball swing, a nice inside move. We're just trying to get him to work more on that. If we can get him to co-sign that, we'll be all right.
balls everybody hitter ice likes throwing
Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you.
females girls volunteer
We have a lot of females who volunteer as a coach. Our girls who play see that.
tough
That's a tough question. I know you're right, but I don't know the answer.
closer
I think he's closer to 100 than he is 90.
days feet stood understand
Here's what you have to understand these days about George. I stood 30 feet from him, and he didn't know who I was.
club pull rest special
For your club to win, ... you have to pull the chain, and the rest of your club has to be right behind. That's what the special ones do.
hope impact jackie robinson wife
Certainly, I think about the impact that Jackie Robinson had. Jackie, I hope, will be smiling. I hope his wife will be smiling.
close closer contact gene player stayed
I got to be very close to Gene as a player and after I retired, ... I think I probably stayed in closer contact with him than most.
depends
I don't know that you can. Of course, it all depends on what they find.
american-athlete
You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.
american-athlete
I'd like to be able to light the fire a little bit.