People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wonder if Bill Hall likes fried or scrambled. ~Rogers Hornsby When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Bill Hall." ~Willie Stargell, 1981 Back then, my idol was Bill Hall, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bill is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that. ~Nomar Garciaparra You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Bill Hall, in New York Times, 16 May 1965 During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. ~Mickey Mantle, 1970........Bill Hall laughs at how non-productive the "mick" was.