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Hell, no. If I could have cut that hit into singles, I'd lead the whole damn league.

Upon being congratulated after hitting a tremendous home run in St. Louis, with Mike Donlin, then with the Cardinals, telling him, "That's one you can be proud of, Ed."

Edward James "Ed" Delahanty
Philadelphia Phillies
OF
HOF 1945; a.k.a. "Big Ed"

He's a wonder. He can start more fights, and win fewer, than anybody I ever saw.

On New York's player/manager, John McGraw

Michael Joseph "Turkey Mike" Donlin
New York Giants
OF

Hey mister, can you spell "shit"?

When a spectator heckled the virtually illiterate slugger, asking "Hey Jackson, can you spell 'cat'?"

Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
Chicago White Sox
OF
Contributed by: Lee Gibbs

Don't get me wrong, fellows. I don't mind being called a prck or a ccks*cker or things like that. I expect that. But lay off the personal stuff.

To the New York Giants in their clubhouse during the 1921 World Series after a game in which Giants infielder Johnny Rawlings directed a racial slur against Ruth

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

Wrigley Field, I love it. They're going to throw beer on you when you get back to the outfield anyway, so you might as well do something.

On hitting home runs against the Cubs

Adam Troy Dunn
Washington Nationals
OF
3/1/09 Washington Post

Contributed by: Rich Bohn

He was a moody guy, a tantrum thrower like me. But when he punched a locker or something he always did it with his right hand. He was a careful tantrum thrower.

On pitcher Lefty Grove

Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams
Boston Red Sox
OF
HOF 1966

Pitchers! I wanted them dead.

The 20-season Hall of Famer reflecting aggressively on his .334 career batting average

Aloysius Harry "Al" Simmons
Philadelphia Athletics
OF
HOF 1953

In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.

Having played for the Yankees for two years, prior to the 1938 season when he sought a $40,000 contract (up from $15,000 in 1937) and manager Ed Barrow advised him that Lou Gehrig only made $43,000 after thirteen seasons

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1955; a.k.a. "Joltin' Joe"

I came home and told my mother about the money, and she said that was fine. "Who will you play for?" "Uh, the Texas Liquor House." If I had said Murder, Inc., I wouldn't have gotten a quicker refusal.

Receiving his first offer to play baseball for money, from a semi-pro team sponsored by the Texas Liquor House, and presenting it to his mother, a missionary for the Salvation Army

Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams
Boston Red Sox
OF
HOF 1966

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

On his Pacific Coast League record 61-game hitting streak from May 27 to July 25, 1933, with the San Francisco Seals in his first full professional season

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio
New York Yankees
OF
HOF 1955; a.k.a. "Joltin' Joe"

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