As more speed afoot was constantly demanded for big league ball, I noticed the many infield bounders which the runner beat to first only by the thinnest fractions of a second.
When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
There's a deep fly ball... Winfield goes back, back... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base.
When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody hit a ball you had to stop it from rolling. Well, this field had fences around it.
In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout.
I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basically an 'in-infield' shortstop because all I got to do was field bloopers six feet from the plate. I couldn't hit, so that was pretty much my entire job.
In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.
You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.
My freshman year, I played third, and sophomore and junior, third.
I always liked the defensive part of baseball.
I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things.
If you want me to play second, I need time to get ready to play second. If you want me to play short, I need time.
Outfield to infield is the most jarring because in the outfield, you have much more time to throw.
Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.
One of the things you do in a baseball game is scream at the umpire in the hope that the next call will go your way.
Commenting on criticism of the Supreme Court:
He slides into second with a stand up double.
I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends.
Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field.
I grew up playing in the outfield and junior year of high school I went over to first base and got some tidbits from my dad, but it kind of came naturally to me.
I love second base.
Fielding has always come naturally to me and I've always enjoyed it. While keeping, you're just standing in one place and I've done it so many times so I've enjoyed fielding and that's why I enjoy playing as a batsman.
You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
Catchers just aren't glamorous.
I used to play second base, leftfield and centerfield.
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
