Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues.
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.
I just reared back and let them go.
I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.
I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.
If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.
Nowadays, they have more trouble packing hair dryers than baseball equipment.
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.
The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where more is not necessarily better.
When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble.
Where the ball went was up to heaven. Sometimes I threw the ball clean up into the stands.
You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life. Players may laugh about it and say it's funny, but right down in their heart, they don't think it's funny at all, and they have no respect for a person who cheats.
When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.
Bob pitched his first no-hitter on April 16, 1940, beating the White Sox 1-0.
Feller led the American League in strike outs seven times.
Feller missed 4 seasons during the prime of his career. He was busy serving his country during World War II.
In 1946 Feller had a career low 2.18 ERA.
Bob had 21 career saves.
Feller won 266 games in his career.
Feller won 25 games in 1941.
In 1940, Feller won a career high 27 games.
Bob won 17 games in 1938.
Bob made his Major League debut on July 19, 1936, at the age of 17.
Bob pitched for the Cleveland Indians.
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