“Now, when we go into a park on the road people start booing me. You don't know how good that makes me feel. To me it means the fans recognize who I am and what I mean to my ball club. Fans don't boo nobodies.”

— Reggie Jackson

As quoted in "A's Jackson glad about 'boos'," in "The Chicago Defender" (April 23, 1974)

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