Leisure Is The Handmaiden Of

Baseball People, And That Includes Myself, Are Slow To Change And Accept New Ideas. I Remember That It Took Years To Persuade Them To Put Numbers On Uniforms.

Some Day I'm Going To Have To Stand Before God, And If He Asks Me Why I Didn't Let That [jackie] Robinson Fellow Play Ball, I Don't Think Saying 'because Of The Color Of His Skin' Would Be A Good Enough Answer.

He's The Best Prospect I've Ever Seen.

Baseball People Are Generally Allergic To New Ideas; It Took Years To Persuade Them To Put Numbers On Uniforms, And It Is The Hardest Thing In The World To Get Major League Baseball To Change Anything—even Spikes On A New Pair Of Shoes—but They Will Eventually...they Are Bound To.

How To Use Your Leisure Time Is The Biggest Problem Of A Ballplayer.