Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jacksonis an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels of Major League Baseball. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 May 1946
CountryUnited States of America
achieved babe level overrated perhaps reached ruth
Perhaps for one night, ... I reached back and achieved that level of the overrated superstar. Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.
bit seen
I've seen a little bit of it. But I don't know that I'm interested.
afford buy dream dreams gives good mays mickey rings rotten supposed willie
I used to dream how good it would be to be Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. My dreams have died. Even the rotten rings aren't what they're supposed to be. I'll buy my own diamonds. I can afford it now. No one gives you anything, you've got to get it for yourself.
bad call inside nice trying work
Sometimes, you get into bad habits, ... He has what we call a nice behind-the-ball swing, a nice inside move. We're just trying to get him to work more on that. If we can get him to co-sign that, we'll be all right.
average ballpark batting help
You can't help but see it every day. You get to the ballpark and the batting average is on the scoreboard.
baseball black history jackie robinson
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is
alex great matter money needs win
Alex needs a championship. You're not great if you don't win one, and it doesn't matter how much money you make.
tough
That's a tough question. I know you're right, but I don't know the answer.
bat father
I just told him what my father used to tell me. As long as you have a bat in your hand, you can re-write the story.
concerned
I just was concerned about him being OK.
ask entire eye life requests respond work yankees
I only know about teamwork. I've been around it my entire life and I still work for a team. I look for the Yankees to respond to your requests when you look them in the eye and ask them.
call closer compared expected hip minor whatever
Hip dislocation, or whatever you call it, is minor compared to what I would have expected because I think he's closer to 100 than he is to 90.
concern liked needed
I liked his concern about discipline, his concern about style, about how you went about playing. I needed all that to make me feel comfortable.
doubt people prejudices problems run southern
If I had my mother's name, there is no doubt that I would have run into problems in those days, the prejudices people had in Southern California.