Stan Hack - Quotations

Quotations

• "I watch the ball more than most hitters. I let it get right up on me - maybe I even swing a little late." - explaining why most of his hits went to the opposite field
• "Hack came closest to an earthly manifestation of the ideal third baseman of the day. Tall, slender, handsome, confident – Hack was the idol of every sandlot urchin playing third base in a pair of torn knickers." - William Curran, author of a study on baseball fielding