::homestand quotes::

Every week I will post a :quote of the week: something that has inspired me and will hopefully do the same for you.

Nov. 26
**Jim Bouton made his Major League debut in 1962 pitching for the New York Yankees. He continued on to write a controversial book titled Ball Four.  He said:
"A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."

Nov. 19
**George Herman Ruth Jr., also known as Babe Ruth, is a legend and an icon. The great Bambino played 22 Major League seasons with 3 different teams. He said:
"Every strike brings me closer to home"

Nov. 12
**Charles R. Sledge was the author to 'The Batters Out (Baseball Training Manual)' He Said:
"Athletes are born winners, they are not born losers, and the sooner you understand this, the faster you can take on a winning attitude and become a success in life."

Nov. 5
**Earl Weaver was a former baseball manager, of 17 years, with the Baltimore Orioles. Weaver was introduced into the Hall of Fame in 1996. He said:
"In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game."

Oct. 29

**Roger Hornsby, aka the "Rajah" was a infielder, manager and coach, playing 23 Major league season. He said:

"People ask me what I do in the winter when there is no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

Oct. 22-
**Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller, was a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians from 1936-1956. Bob Feller was also known as "bullet bob." He said:
"every day is a new opportunity. you can build on yesterdays success or put its failures behind and start over again. that's they way life is, with a new game everyday, and that's the way baseball is."