I bring mad bling and Holla Fame style: 536 HR's, 20 All-Star Games, 12 AL pennants, 7 World Series rings, 4 AL HR titles, 3 MVP's, 1 Triple Crown, triple shots of Crown Royal, absolutely zero steroids and Absolut by the assload!
I hit the two longest home runs officially measured in a game, at least they're in the Guinness book: The 565-foot shot hit out of Washington's Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953 garnered much publicity. The 643-foot homer hit out of Detroit's Briggs Stadium on September 10, 1960 was the longest home run measured to the spot where it landed.
But neither of those home runs is the longest. In a 1951 exhibition game at USC during rookie spring training, a 656-foot left-handed shot left Bovard Field and crossed an adjacent football field.
At Yankee Stadium, I hit the facade on the right field upper-deck roof three times in a game, and I hit three balls out of Yankee Stadium in batting practice. I hit 'em out all over the league, really. When I get into one of those 88-mph fastballs, you're gonna see some serious shit. "You swing from your ass and take your chances."
Game-winning home run vs. Kansas City's Bill Fischer, May 22, 1963
"You're not half as good as Mickey Mantle." "Kid, nobody's half as good as Mickey Mantle." -Kid to Al Kaline & Kaline's response
"During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball."
"I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight." "A body came flying out and landed at my feet. At first I thought it was Billy, so I picked him up. But when I saw it wasn't, I dropped him back down."
"The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know."
"I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about."
"The only way to get a better piece of chicken is to be a rooster."
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