Tris Speaker Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.”
-- Tris Speaker

#Baseball #Boys #Bats

“If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.”
-- Tris Speaker

#Baseball #Baby #Toys

“Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.”
-- Tris Speaker

#Baseball #Pitcher #Converting

“Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.”
-- Tris Speaker

#Baseball #Mistake #Ruth

“Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.”
-- Tris Speaker

#Baseball #Luck

“When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball.”
-- Tris Speaker

#Distance #Judging #Rookies

“It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.”
-- Tris Speaker

#Successful #Player #Would Be