Ray Dandridge

“In the Negro Leagues, we'd play three games a day on the weekends. Then we'd ride the bus and travel to play the next day someplace else. You'd hang your shirt out the bus window to dry.”

“I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame.”

“I'm just a poor boy from the cornfields of Richmond, Virginia. I'm proud because I loved baseball and played with the best.”