Buck O'Neil > Quotes

“Depending on how he gripped the ball and how hard he threw it, Satchel Paige had pitches that included the bat-dodger, the two-hump blooper, the four-day creeper, the dipsy-do, the Little Tom, the Long Tom, the bee ball, the wobbly ball, the hurry-up ball and the nothin’ ball.”
― Buck O'Neil, I Was Right On Time

“Learn your history. It’s a wonderful history. So many wonderful things have happened in the last 100 years. We have come so far. We still have a ways to go, but that’s your job, you and your children and their children. We will get there. I know it.”
― Buck O'Neil, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History