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“Ed (Runge), you're the second best umpire in the league. The other twenty-three are tied for first.”

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Carl Yastrzemski, born on August 22, 1939, is an American professional baseball player known for his exceptional skills and long career as an outfielder in Major League Baseball. more

“I knew when the ball was going out (over the Green Monster). It was something I worked into the decoy, but it used to tick the pitchers off. Bill Monbouquette used to say, 'Can't you at least make it look like you can catch it?' Meanwhile, the ball would be on its way over the fence to a spot three-quarters of the way out to the railroad tracks.”

Way Looks Would Be Used Three Like You Balls Green Bills Track Monsters Spots Quarters Going Out Fence Pitcher Railroads Tick Railroad Tracks

Author:Carl Yastrzemski

“If that guy (Mickey Mantle) were healthy, he'd hit 80 home runs.”

Ifs Home Running Guy Healthy That Guy Home Run Mickey

Author:Carl Yastrzemski

“And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.”

Ifs Time Choices Sports Crowns

Author:Carl Yastrzemski

“I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability.”

Firsts Remember Three Ability Doubt Months Baseball Seasons Scared Hitting Three Months Rookies Baseball 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.”

Home Running Three Four Proud Thousand Hundred Accomplishment Hitting Home Run Cadillacs Chevrolet

Author:Carl Yastrzemski

“I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.”

Thinking Different Enough Play Sports Careers Special Talent Lucky Baseball Treated

Author:Carl Yastrzemski

“I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.”

May Made Sports June

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.”

Firsts Time Three Individual Sports Saws Thousand First Time Pressure Relief Hitting Sigh Uptight Sigh Of Relief

Author:Carl Yastrzemski

“When the filter is weakened by a powerful drug, what we see is not delusion but the truth.”

Powerful Drug Delusion Filters

Book:Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.”

Facts Speak Complicated Myth Fancy Restaurants Glamorous Beans Menus Camouflage

Author:William Peter Blatty

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