When we walked off the field it didn't feel like a team - we felt like brothers.
Jorge Jaramillo - 2nd base

On June 7, 2007 the NY Mets play one more game at Shea Stadium than the Brooklyn Dodgers played at Ebbets Field.

"Make it happen!"

Jose Rivera

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up
Bob Uecher

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must
Branch Rickey

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself, but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of a hit-and-run
Branch Rickey

"(Ty) Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day."
Branch Rickey

I wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays.
Brooks Robinson

There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer.
Honus Wagner

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
Jackie Robinson

If a man can beat you, walk him
Satchel Paige

"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."
Satchel Paige

There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything
Whitey Ford

He's a remarkable catcher, that Canzorneri. He's the only defensive catcher in baseball who can't catch.
Casey Stengel

I got a kid, Greg Goosen, he's 19 years old, and in 10 years he's got a chance to be 29.
Casey Stengel

Jeez, they're going to give me fifty-thousand smackers just for living.
Pitcher Dizzy Dean

This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again
James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams

Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth
Lou Gehrig

I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink
Joe DiMaggio

Always be ready, the next pitch can be the turning point in the game.
Jay Zagoory

"Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."
Cal Ripken Sr..

"Anything can happen in the State of Brooklyn!"
Jay Zagoory

"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts."
Jackie Robinson

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead."
Jackie Robinson

"The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting."
Hank Aaron

"I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him."
Hank Aaron

"Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser."
Sandy Koufax

"I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it."
Sandy Koufax

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Quote of the Day
"The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting."
Hank Aaron
Baseball History Fact
Most of the original Gothams players were from the recently disbanded Troy Trojans.
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