1/ Dizzy Dean.
2/ "Oh, go wash your car!"
3/ Joe DiMaggio.
4/ Ted Kluszewski, Reds first baseman.
5/ Bob "Uke" Uecker.
6/ Pete Rose.
7/ "Frankly, I'd prefer some place else."
8/ Reggie "Mr October" Jackson.
9/ Roberto Clemente.
10/ Ty Cobb. He was announcing to rival Honus Wagner that he planned to steal second base.
11/ Early Wynn.
12/ A Bartlett Giamatti, Comissioner of Baseball, 1989. He's the one who banned Pete Rose from baseball. Speaking of Rose being barred from the Baseball Hall of Fame, someone said that Hell is for sinners while the Baseball Hall of Fame is for baseball players. ANybody know who it was? I don't remember.
13/ It was Satchel Paige's heater. Never at a loss of words, Paige had a response: "You must be talking about my slow ball. My fastball looks like a fish egg."
14/ Durocher.
15/ The spitball, which he favored reinstating.
16/ Ted Williams.
17/ Vance Law.
18/ Dean Chance.
19/ Garry Maddox, centerfielder.
20/ Willie Stargell.
21/ Sparky Lyle.
22/ "Jay Strikes out." They feared that to use his full name - i.e. say "Jesus strikes out" - might invite charges of blasphemy.
23/ Hank Aaron. Lee gave up Aaron's 745th homerun.
24/ Reggie "Mr October" Jackson.
25/ Dan Quisenberry. Other quote by him: "Once I tried to drown myself with a shower nozzle after I gave up a homer in the ninth. I found out you can't."
26/ Jim Bouton.
27/ Jeff Ennis.
28/ Williams was referring to his decision to jeopardize his .400 average by playing of the season, average which was actually locked at .39955, not .400. He finished at .406.
29/ Dave "The Cobra" Parker.
30/ It was Eddie "The Brat" Stanky. His mother wrote this when Eddy, as a rookie, considered leaving the Cubs.
31/ Bob Lemon.
32/ Art Fletcher.
33/ Teammate J.R. Richard.
34/ "I'll have what he's having."
35/ "I flush the john between innings to keep my wrists strong."
36/ The new roof on Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
37/ Billy Martin.
38/ Luis Tiant.
39/ The new artificial turf in Kansas City. The Royals have been playing on natural turf again since 1995.
40/ Bill Lee.
41/ Rube Waddell.
42/ Bob Lemon.
43/ Bob McKenty.
44/ "We went the whole game without going to the bathroom."
45/ Freddie Patek.
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