Baseball quotes.pdf - Baseball Excellence
Baseball quotes.pdf - Baseball Excellence
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"It ain't braggin' if you can back it up." - Dizzy Dean<br />
When he couldn't broadcast weather: "I can't tell you why there's a delay, but stick<br />
your head out of the window and you'll know why." - Dizzy Dean<br />
"It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how<br />
did they know gas and oil was under there?" - Dizzy Dean<br />
"The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing." - Dizzy Dean<br />
"If I were catching blindfolded, I'd always know when it was Foxx who connected.<br />
He hit the ball harder than anyone else." - Bill Dickey, on Jimmie Foxx<br />
"I managed a team that was so bad we considered a 2-0 count on the batter a<br />
rally." - Rich Donnelly, on managing in the minors<br />
"He hit a pop-up against us one day that went so high, it was higher than the sun.<br />
It was up there so high, all nine guys on our team called for it." - Rich Donnelly,<br />
Florida Marlins coach, on Mark McGwire<br />
"The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to<br />
remind the hitter he's timid." - Don Drysdale<br />
"I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher. He said,<br />
'Dave Wehrmeister's got 11 letters. Is that a big enough name for you ?'" - Eddie<br />
Eichorn, White Sox owner<br />
"When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I<br />
wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like<br />
Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States.<br />
Neither of us got our wish." - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the USA<br />
"Not only will I be changing diapers at home, now I will be changing them in the<br />
clubhouse." - Jim Eisenreich, 38 year old Marlins outfielder and father of three children<br />
6 and younger, on the youthful look of Florida's roster<br />
"I've had a pretty good success facing Stan (Musial) by throwing him my best<br />
pitch and backing up third base." - Carl Erskine<br />
"My favorite umpire is a dead one." - John Joseph "Johnny" Evers<br />
He fakes a bluff." - Ron Fairly, announcer<br />
"Last night, I neglected to mention something that bears repeating." - Ron Fairly,<br />
announcer
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