#world series

But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#anyone #ask #awards #ball #could

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#amount #big #championship #cover #cubs

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That's baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, 'I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.' ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#brilliant #catch #consider #doomed #earth

Well, I know that I'll never forget that, but also I won't forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams, and postcards during that World Series. There wasn't a single nasty message. Everybody tried to say something nice. ↗

— Gil Hodges

#during #everybody #forget #hundreds #i

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam. ↗

— Tom Seaver

#mets #out #series #states #united

That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86. ↗

— Gary Carter

#every #first #kid #league #major

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series. ↗

— Dave Winfield

#career #city #cleveland #end #finished