"Now, when we go into a park on the road people start booing me. You dont know how good that makes me feel. To me it means the fans recognize who I am and what I mean to my ball club. Fans dont boo nobodies."
Reginald Martinez Jackson is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 in his first year of eligibility.
"I did very little against two lefties, Mike Caldwell and Scott McGregor, for a few years anyway. Eventually, I caught up with both of them, though. It was really Jim Palmer who stands out in this context; I had some success against him overall, but he was so good in clutch situations that I never really hurt him when the game was on the line."
Reggie Jackson"I was colored until I was 14, a Negro until I was 21 and a black man ever since."
Reggie Jackson"Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you dont like it when someones stuffing it into you by the gallon. Thats how you feel when s throwing balls by you. You just hope to mix in a walk so you can have a good night and only go 0-for-3."
Reggie Jackson