Name	Reggie Jackson
Other Name(s)	Mr. October # 44
Age	63
Height	6'  (183 cm)
Date of Birth	May 18, 1946
Birthplace	Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Black
Occupation	Baseball
Celebrity Index	Re
Claim to Fame	legendary major league slugger during 1970s
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Trivia and Quotes

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After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

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I was reminded that when we lose and I strike out, a billion people in China don`t care.

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You know, this game`s not very much fun when you`re only hitting .247.

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The only way I`m going to win a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.

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When you`ve played this game for ten years and gone to bat seven-thousand times and gotten two-thousand hits do you know what that really means? It means you`ve gone zero for five-thousand.

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Babe Ruth was great. I`m just lucky.

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I didn`t come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.

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Fans don`t boo nobodies.

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A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

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I am the best in baseball.

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I`m human and I`ve played my butt off for ten years. I`m not a loafer, I`m not a jerk, I`m a baseball player.

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Please God, let me hit one. I`ll tell everybody you did it.

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I don`t mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

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I`d like to be able to light the fire a little bit.

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You don`t face Nolan Ryan without your rest. He`s the only guy I go against that makes me go to bed before midnight.

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In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.

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The only reason I don`t like playing in the World Series is I can`t watch myself play.

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When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it`s like you`ve thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity.

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October, that`s when they pay off for playing ball.

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The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

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I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It`s a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they`re losing money.

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Hitting is better than sex.

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The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

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