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That's when I knew I was washed up!

At spring training just after Koufax had retired, when Davy Johnson went up to him and said, "Guess who got the last hit off you, buddy?"

Spring, 1967

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
a.k.a., "The Left Arm of God"

People say that my absence from the big leagues may have cost me a chance to win 400 games, but I don't know about that. I matured a lot in three years, and I think I was better equipped to handle major league hitters at 25 than I was at 22. Also, I pitched until I was 44. Maybe I wouldn't have been able to do that otherwise.

Speaking about his 363 MLB wins and the three seasons he missed during his military service just when his major league career was getting underway

Warren Edward Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher
HOF 1973

I found a delivery in my flaw.

Daniel Raymond "Dan" Quisenberry
Kansas City Royals
Pitcher
a.k.a. "Quiz", "Q"

You either throw the knuckleball all of the time or not at all. It's not an extra pitch.

James Hoyt "Hoyt" Wilhelm
Chicago White Sox
Pitcher
a.k.a. "Old Sarge;" HOF 1985

Boy, they must have had a helluva game there last night.

In the midst of the Polo Grounds demolition as the team bus drove past the site on the way to a game at Yankee Stadium

June 1964

Richard Edward "Dick" Donovan
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher

My best pitch is anything the batter grounds, lines or pops in the direction of (SS Phil) Rizzuto.

Victor John Angelo "Vic" Raschi
New York Yankees
Pitcher
a.k.a., "Springfield Rifle"

No, Fenway Park, it's a baseball stadium...this is a warehouse.

As told to a taxi driver the first time he'd gone to Fenway Park; the driver told him to look up and Clemens realized he was at the right place when he saw the light towers.

Roger Clemens
New York Yankees
Pitcher

I had a lot of friends on the grounds crew at Wrigley Field. I found out that they got time-and-a-half if the game went past 4:30pm. So, I took my time getting to the mound. The slow walk to the mound became part of my routine.

Explaining the origin of his famous slow walk from the bullpen

Lee Arthur Smith
Chicago Cubs
Pitcher
HOF 2019

If your passion as a parent is greater than your kid’s passion for what they’re doing, it’s not going to end well.

Detailing how when the parent becomes the engine, the athlete eventually burns out

John Andrew Smoltz
Atlanta Braves
Pitcher
HOF 2015

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