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
yankees reason new-york-yankees
The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.
believe athlete hard-times
I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.
inspirational balls pay
October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.
color differences yankees
The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.
sports yankees yankee-stadium
In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.
baseball ice-cream mlb
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 what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you.
play managers
There's a manager (Billy Martin) I could play for.
sports inspirational-sports let-me
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
new-york boys bruises
It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.
running perseverance home
Home run hitters strike out a lot.
funny baseball mean
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
drink straws
I'm the straw that stirs the drink.
ruth lucky babe
Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
school kids thinking
Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.