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Blade (SS Mark Belanger) and Brooksie (3B Brooks Robinson) made me a Hall of Famer.

James Alvin "Jim" Palmer
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher
HOF 1990

Well, unless he was sitting in the third deck, there was no reason to move.

Describing why Orioles OF Albert Belle stood motionless during a Bernie Williams home run at Yankee Stadium on 4/18/99

James Alvin "Jim" Palmer
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher
HOF 1990

I did not call Johnson an idiot. Someone else did and I just agreed.

Claiming he was misquoted after being snubbed from an All-Star Game by Red Sox Manager Darrell Johnson

James Alvin "Jim" Palmer
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher
HOF 1990

Davey was the only guy I know who went to John Hopkins University and played in the major leagues. When we won the World Series in 1970, he took a television at cost instead of a World Series ring. He said, "I don't have a television." We're in an era now where everyone talks about "The ring. The ring." This was the only one he would have gotten. But he was just more practical. Davey was the ninth guy on a nine-man staff, happy to do whatever (manager) Earl (Weaver) asked. Nowadays the money is so excessive. Davey played the game because he loved to play. To me, that's what the game is all about.

On teammate and roommate Dave Leonhard (RHP)

James Alvin "Jim" Palmer
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher
HOF 1990

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