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RALPH KINER "[Burleigh Grimes] always looked like a man who was about to commit assault and battery when he threw the ball." - John Kieran The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it. If they don't recognize you, you can enjoy your dinner knowing you did a perfect job. - William J Klem, umpire. "Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion."- William J Klem (umpire), seen on Klem's Hall of Fame plaque "Son, when you pitch a strike Mr. Hornsby will let you know." - William J Klem (umpire), to a rookie pitcher who complained that the pitches Rogers Hornsby didn't swing were called balls. "The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for reviews." - Sandy Koufax "I played with him for nine years and marveled at how hard he hit and how fast he ran. How can anyone ever forget the catch he made on Gil Hodges' line drive to save Don Larsen's perfect game?" - Tony Kubek, former shortstop, on Mickey Mantle "We're 24 morons and a Mormon." - John Kruk (Philadelphia Phillies 1B), describing the Phillies when Dale Murphy joined the team. "It's amazing that fans want to see me play. It's kind of scary. I guess that's what is wrong with our society." - John Kruk (Philadelphia Phillies 1B), on being chosen an All-Star starter in 1993 "I'd rather have my leg cut-off than do that all day. You just hope it hits your bat in a good spot." - John Kruk (Philadelphia Phillies 1B), on hitting a knuckleball. "I try to dumb down out there. They tell you to stay within yourself, so that's what I do. Mentally, I'm not gonna out-think myself to often." - John Kruk (Philadelphia Phillies 1B), on hitting. "I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh yeah, I also struck out. So what do I know?" - John Kruk (Philadelphia Phillies 1B) "I wanted to kill Mitch. But they told me I couldn't, it was illegal." - John Kruk, on Mitch Williams, after the Phillies closer blew a save and the game stretched on for 6 hours
"I'd rather be in a prison cell with Mike Tyson, and let him beat my butt all day long, than go through that again." - John Kruk, Philadelphia Phillies 1B, on the last place '92 season "I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player." - John Kruk When told they would be raising the fences the following year, Jerry Koosman asked, "Won't there be a lot of balls rolling under?" - Jerry Koosman "He had about him a touch of royalty." - Bowie Kuhn (commissioner), on Roberto Clemente "The door would be opened wide to the buying of success by the more affluent clubs, public suspicion would be aroused, traditional and sound methods of player development and acquisition would be undermined and our efforts to preserve competitive balance would be greatly impaired." - Bowie Kuhn, on voiding the sale of Rudi, Fingers and Blue for $3.5 million by the World Champion Oakland A's, June 1976 "I believe in the Rip Van Winkle Theory: that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk into a ballpark and understand baseball perfectly." - Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball (1969-1984) L "When he went up for his last at-bat, I looked up at the scoreboard and saw his stats: 69 home runs, 144 RBIs, and I'm thinking, 'Look at that; that's not a season, that's a career.'" - Tom Lampkin (St. Louis Cardinals catcher), on best friend and teammate Mark McGwire, 1B, after the 1998 season "Casey Stengel just can't keep from being Casey Stengel." - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Commissioner of Baseball, on Stengel's thumbing his nose at Colonel Jacob Ruppert during a World Series game after an inside the park home run by Stengel "I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning." - Dave LaPoint "There are only two things that will prevent him from greatness: a knife and a fork." - Frank Lane, on Boog Powell "I remember he used to get very mad at himself if he failed to hit. I'll never forget how hard he played all the time, especially the catch he made in my perfect game." - Don Larsen, who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series, on Mickey Mantle
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