The Players Tribune

Baseball

ALL STORIES

When I step on that mound on opening day at the Bank, in the city I have grown to love, it will be a great honor.

Aaron Nola

I can’t express to you how THANKFUL I am, how much JOY I got playing here, and how FORTUNATE I feel to have been a Giant for so long.

Hunter Pence

I had the best seat in the house to watch the greatest closer of all time.

Derek Jeter

Please remember: Duck boats don’t have bathrooms. Not in 2004. We won’t be ready for that yet. Find a tennis ball can.

Johnny Damon

I want to leave an impact on this world that’s greater than just what I do on the baseball field.

Aaron Judge

Make Miller Park even LOUDER than normal. And then, we’ll feed off that energy and, well … let’s just see what happens, Milwaukee.

Christian Yelich

'When it’s come to these last 14 years of mine -nothing has ever been easy for long, and nothing has ever been perfect for long.

Ryan Howard

I’m ready to put on that White Sox uniform and show you all what I can do. I’ve been waiting to play pro ball in Chicago since I was 11.

Eloy Jiménez

Desde los 11 años he esperado el momento en que pueda jugar béisbol profesional en Chicago.

Eloy Jiménez

You’ll be out chasing the females and snorting coke before summer hits. It’ll be nonstop partying. At home. On the road. It won’t matter.

Willie Mays Aikens

I come from a place known as El Avispero, “The Wasp’s Nest." For much of my life, I thought I was going to be a priest. This is my story.

Carlos Martínez

Doc meant the world to me. I wish I could’ve played with him forever. I never got a chance to tell him, but I really wish I would have.

A.J. Burnett

Before I take the field tonight, wearing another team’s jersey — it just feels like there’s one thing left that I have to do.

Jose Bautista

David Ortiz: The Big Papi Story is the most comprehensive chronicle to date of the life of Red Sox icon and three-time World Series champion David Ortiz.

David Ortiz

After his release by the Minnesota Twins, a chance encounter would change the trajectory of David's life forever.

David Ortiz

David Ortiz speaks for all of us when he addresses the city in its most trying moment, following the Boston Marathon Bombing.

David Ortiz

The Sox finally stand up to the bullies, "The Curse" is broken, and in doing so, Papi becomes a sensation in Boston, and a Red Sox immortal.

David Ortiz