Baseball quotes.pdf - Baseball Excellence
Baseball quotes.pdf - Baseball Excellence
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"Jackie was the greatest competitor I ever saw. He didn't win. He triumphed." -<br />
Ralph Branca, Dodger pitcher, 1947<br />
Don Baylor, New York Yankees DH, on Billy Martin and his predecessor Yogi Berra:<br />
"Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for<br />
your father-in-law." - Don Baylor<br />
Dale Berra, Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop and son of noted linguist Yogi Berra, "The only<br />
thing my father & I have in common is that our similarities are different."<br />
"You mix two jiggers of scotch to one jigger of Metrecal. So far I've lost five<br />
pounds and my driver's license." - Rocky Bridges, minor league manager, on his new<br />
diet drink<br />
"The players are too serious. They don't have any fun any more. They come to<br />
camp with a financial adviser and they read the stock market page before the<br />
sports pages. They concern themselves with statistics rather than simply playing<br />
the game and enjoying it for what it is." - Rocky Bridges, from The Sporting News,<br />
December 12, 1970<br />
"It's a good thing I stayed in Cincinnati for four years -- It took me that long to<br />
learn how to spell it." - Rocky Bridges<br />
"Coaching third with a pitcher on base is like being a member of a bomb disposal<br />
squad. The thing could blow up in your face at any moment." - Rocky Bridges<br />
"You know when you've got it made? When you get your name in the crossword<br />
puzzles." - Rocky Bridges<br />
"I prefer fast food." - Rocky Bridges, on why he won't eat snails<br />
"No little boy in the hospital asked me to hit one, I didn't promise it to my kid for<br />
his birthday, and my wife will be too shocked to appreciate it. I hit it for me." -<br />
Rocky Bridges, after hitting his first home run in two seasons<br />
"The more I played with them, the more I found that no one could take a joke - my<br />
batting average." - Rocky Bridges, on his two seasons with the Dodgers and his .237<br />
batting average<br />
"Coaching third with a pitcher on base is like being a member of a bomb disposal<br />
squad. The thing could blow up in your face at any moment." - Rocky Bridges<br />
"The trouble with having a wired jaw is that you can never tell when you're sleepy.<br />
You can't yawn." - Rocky Bridges