Quotes About American League

American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.

After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.

The only place I remember him complaining about was the Kingdome in Seattle, when the Mariners joined the American League in '77. But that was understandable. Everybody hated that place.

In the American League, there seems to have been an entire lack of any concerted campaign to build up a club in New York which should rival the Giants on an even basis.

I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.

I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.

Probably the Liga MX or the American league, there are a higher number of competitive games than in the Spanish league or the English league.

Baseball players are not specialists; they all have to do it all. That is why I, and many aficionados, dislike the American League's practice of replacing the pitcher with a designated hitter. This creates two players who do not have to do it all.

I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.

In 1973, the New York Yankees became the first team to use a designated hitter (often referred to as the "DH").

I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

It's the same game. It's baseball. National League, American League. It's baseball. I just come here and try to do my thing. Do my work and help the team to win.

A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores.

The boys who write the sports stories knew what was going on and who was doing what. On October 12, 1927, they voted Lou Gehrig the most valuable player in the American League. You see, it was Lou Gehrig who forced the pitchers to pitch to Babe Ruth.