17 Quotes by Carl Erskine

When I was a child the comic case for baseball being the hardest game argued, 'Despite using a round bat and a round ball, you're told to hit it square.

I've had pretty good success with Stan (Musial) by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third.

You hear the same thing every year but that is because it is true. In a short series, pitching is very dominant.

Peter O'Malley grew up in the '50s around the clubhouse, so all of us who were playing in his kid days mean a lot to him. Peter's made a very conscious effort to reconnect the Brooklyn team with the Los Angeles history, and he's done that.

I always hope we'll pack the Paramount. We've had up to 1,000 attend. I'd just like to see the roof pushed off.

That's been handed down over the years. That was not uncommon to be said: 'Get me something to work with.

Why would we ever be assembled again after the 50th anniversary passes? ... We'll probably all go back to our lives in our homes or whatever. But to assemble us all again, it isn't likely to happen. We've had our last hurrah.

Today's managers don't give the starting pitcher a chance. Maybe this White Sox staff has re-proved something that was true all along. If the pitcher's in good shape, and he hasn't allowed too many runs, he can and should go all nine.

We were all very nostalgic about those guys.