Mike Schmidt
Mike Schmidt
Michael Jack Schmidtis an American former professional baseball third baseman who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the Philadelphia Phillies. Schmidt was a twelve-time All-Star and a three-time winner of the National LeagueMost Valuable Player award, and he was known for his combination of power hitting and strong defense: as a hitter, he compiled 548 home runs and 1,595 runs batted in, and led the NL in home runs eight times and in RBIs four times. As a fielder,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 September 1949
CityDayton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
There's a real possibility of getting buried up there. The mid layer is solid but the layer below that could break down to the ground and rip all the way out. There's a huge possibility for a big slide.
I think the Baseball Hall of Fame should take a stronger position on a lot of issues,
It's sort of a study in the human nature of how things like this can happen and how turning a blind eye on the subject allowed baseball to recover in the late '90s and 2000 with the offensive explosion. And now, how the right steps have been taken by the players' association and the commissioner's office to totally cleanse the game.
I had more people come to me and say 'It was great to see a player of your caliber treat that honestly and not come out totally against the current players.
One of the things that DARPA helps provide is funding to get a technology to a certain maturity level, ... That makes DARPA more important in the rolling out of technologies from the defense industry because the market now demands that maturity.
You have to judge him against his peers in the game. He hasn't been banished from the game like Rose, and his accomplishments on the field stand for themselves.
I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that.
Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.
It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.
We've had teams from Greenwood that come here and play, and those people are going to eat.
I don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion.
Any time you think you have the game conquered, the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.