Oscar Gamble

Oh, doctor! Sports can lead to illness, perhaps even sickness unto sudden death

Wonder what they're doing now? Chat with Oscar Gamble on Monday July 31 at 5 p.m. EDT, and then catch up with Bill Lee on Thursday Aug. 3 at 5 p.m. EDT.

You know why kids don't play baseball anymore? Because they took down the fences.

•Oscar Gamble, Yankee outfielder, at an off-day workout ordered by owner George Steinbrenner the morning after a 13-inning loss to the A's: "Ernie Banks is the only person who would have been happy to be here."

•Stan Williams, New York Yankee coach, on veteran Outfielder Oscar Gamble: "Oscar is so old that when he broke into the majors he was still a Negro."