Many Ballplayers try to ignore their critics.
In my day, we had real Ballplayers.
And they have some good Ballplayers.
But once we got to spring training, we all became Ballplayers again.
But the real reason Ballplayers went there- and were recruited there- was for the basketball.
She was classy, well-off,
extremely strong-minded and a great beauty who had a liking for Ballplayers.
Additionally, Jacksonville had been home to spring training baseball since 1898 and
the residents loved having the Ballplayers in town.
In fact, the team was turned away from several hotels due to their behavior
and for, quite simply, being Ballplayers.
Canseco, who had recently retired, was already talking about his own steroid use,
and claimed most Ballplayers were doing the same thing.
Red Sox third baseman Fred Thomas, a Navy man himself, stood silent and gave a military salute,
prompting other Ballplayers to do the same.