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I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were -- the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch -- it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel.

On Whitey Ford

Mickey Charles Mantle
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1974; a.k.a., "The Commerce Comet"

Contributed by: Jonathan Chapman

This new baseball is like a golf ball. I think there are going to be a lot more dents put in the wall at Fenway Park this year.

Spring, 1977
Donald William Zimmer
New York Yankees
Coach

I hated to bat against Drysdale. After he hit you he'd come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, 'Do you want me to sign it?'

Mickey Charles Mantle
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1974; a.k.a., "The Commerce Comet"

Contributed by: Jonathan Chapman

You dead yet?

In a phone call to former Yankees batterymate Whitey Ford after learning that he had a recurrence of skin cancer

Spring, 2000
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
New York Yankees
Catcher - OF
HOF 1972

What's the use of askin' a man to execute if he can't execute?

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966

Lefthanders have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed and their head gets more stagnant on that side.

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966

Every now and then they threw one where I was swinging.

On the 16 home runs he hit in his 25-year MLB career

June 6, 2000
James Lee "Jim" Kaat
New York Yankees
Pitcher
a.k.a. "Kitty"

Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch.

On catcher Chris Cannizaro (Stengel always called Cannizaro "Canzeroni")

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966

I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.

Reminiscing on his early days with the Braves and hitting a home run off of Whitey Ford during a spring training game and seeing Mickey Mantle watch it go over the fence

In 2000 on Whitey Ford Day
Joseph Paul "Joe" Torre
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 2014

I only have one superstition. I make sure to tag every base when I hit a home run.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1936

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