“I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.” FirstsRememberThreeAbilityDoubtMonthsBaseballSeasonsScaredHittingThree MonthsRookiesBaseball Season Author:Carl Yastrzemski
“I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet.” HomeRunningThreeFourProudThousandHundredAccomplishmentHittingHome RunCadillacsChevrolet Author:Carl Yastrzemski
“The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.” FirstsTimeThreeIndividualSportsSawsThousandFirst TimePressureReliefHittingSighUptightSigh Of Relief Author:Carl Yastrzemski
