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
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For me, I knew he was prepared to do his job as the manager and I was going to get a full, best effort from the manager of the team,
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For a certain amount of money, you'll eat Alpo.
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You can't help but see it every day. You get to the ballpark and the batting average is on the scoreboard.
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Perhaps for one night, ... I reached back and achieved that level of the overrated superstar. Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
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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.
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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.
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After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is
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If I had my mother's name, there is no doubt that I would have run into problems in those days, the prejudices people had in Southern California.
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Alex needs a championship. You're not great if you don't win one, and it doesn't matter how much money you make.
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The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.
beautiful baseball lines
When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.
hate thinking people
People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.
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I didn't come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.
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The will to win is worthless if you don't get paid for it.