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9 quotes found searching on Location: Homestead
They say I was born too soon. I say the doors were opened too late.
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell
Homestead Grays
OF
HOF 1974
A homer a day will boost my pay.
Joshua "Josh" Gibson
Homestead Grays
Catcher
HOF 1972
I remember one game I got five hits and stole five bases, but none of it was written down because they forgot to bring the scorebook to the game that day.
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell
Homestead Grays
OF
HOF 1974
Because of baseball, I smelled the rose of life.
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell
Homestead Grays
OF
HOF 1974
If they don't put Turkey Stearnes in the Hall of Fame, they shouldn't put anybody in.
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell
Homestead Grays
OF
HOF 1974
Contributed by: Jonathan Chapman
Try to understand your men. Know their abilities, and know when to change pitchers.
Homestead Grays
Manager
I never threw a "heavy" ball. My pitch started just above my head and leg to about my shoulders. I most used fastballs and a change of pace. My control was good, so when I used a curve it would break right around the man's knees. I never used no freak balls, less I seen the other feller doing it. Then I might take a piece of emery and rub a spot on the ball about the size of a dime. That pitch would do tricks. Did I use that pitch every game, I'd never have lost. Not once. Once in a while I tried a knuckler, but no spitter. I just didn't like that pitch. I pitched a lot of good ball in my time. I'da been in the majors, too, if'n my hair wasn't so curly. Anything but colored, I'da made it. I don't know why it is they give us such a hard time. We all the same really. We all sit on that old common denominator.
Joseph "Joe" Williams
Homestead Grays
Pitcher
a.k.a. "Cyclone", "Smokey"
HOF 1999
Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.
Homestead Grays
Catcher
HOF 1972
All the years I played, I never got a hit off him. He threw fire.
Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard
Homestead Grays
1B
HOF 1972
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