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The real test comes when you are pitching with men on bases. Do not worry. Try to appear jolly and unconcerned. I have smiled often with the bases full with two strikes and three balls on the batter. This seems to unnerve. In other instances, where the batter appears anxious to hit, waste a little time on him and when you think he realizes his position and everybody is yelling at him to hit it out, waste a few balls and try his nerve; the majority of times you will win out by drawing him into hitting a wide one.
Chicago American Giants
Manager
HOF 1981
I think they're the greatest ball club I've ever seen. Period.
William J. "Kid" Gleason
Chicago White Sox
Manager
If he had, I would have knocked him down with the next pitch.
Charles Henry "Charley" Root
Chicago Cubs
Pitcher
I focus on making that one pitch. That's what I tell myself, "One pitch." You can't worry about the next one. Even with a good hitter, he'll get out seven times out of ten. I want to make sure that this is one of those seven.
Thomas "Tom" Gordon
Chicago Cubs
Relief Pitcher
a.k.a. "Flash"
I lost the ball in the moon.
The chalk lines which enclose the coaching boxes were added to the field diagram after Charles Comiskey had demonstrated their necessity. Comiskey and (fellow coach) Bill Gleason used to plant themselves on each side of the visiting catcher and comment on his breeding, personal habits, and skill as a receiver, or rather lack of it. This solicitous attention did not add to the efficiency of the backstop, so for the sake of not unduly increasing the population of the insane asylums or encouraging justifiable homicide, the coacher's box was invented. This helped out the catcher, but the pitcher and other players on the opposing team were still at the mercy of Comiskey, and I know of no man who had a sharper tongue, who was in command of more biting sarcasm, or who was quicker at repartee.
Around 1910
James A. Hart
Chicago Cubs
President
It is a wonderful combination -- the greatest team I ever had. I can't pick out individuals because they are all giants in baseball. It is by all odds the greatest team in the American League. I couldn't pass a higher compliment. I can afford to single out one, Kid Gleason, because he is a manager. He has kept pace with the team and that means something. It is the best bunch of fighters I ever saw. No game is lost until the last man is out. They can think for themselves which is still better. To say that I am proud of them is putting it mildly. They have been setting the pace most of the time and no other team deserves being in front more than they.
In 1919
Charles Albert "Charlie" Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Owner
HOF 1939; aka. "The Old Roman", "Commy"
When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches.
Chicago Cubs
3B
HOF 2012
I started fouling off his pitches. I took a pitch every now and then. Pretty soon, after 24 fouls, old Red could hardly lift his arm and I walked. That's when they took him out of the game and he cussed me all the way to the dugout.
Lucius Benjamin "Luke" Appling
Chicago White Sox
SS
HOF 1964
Slump? What are you talking about -- slump? You think a guy who hit over 500 home runs is in a slump? Give me a break. Next.
September 23, 2003
Samuel Peralta "Sammy" Sosa
Chicago Cubs
OF
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