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BASEBALL QUOTES
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Willie is ten feet nine inches tall. He can jump fifteen feet straight up. Nobody can hit a ball over his head. Willie's arms extend roughly from 157th Street to 159th Street. This gives him ample reach to cover right and left as well as center field. (The Polo Grounds were between 157th and 159th.) Willie can throw sidearm from the Polo Grounds to Pittsburgh.... Willie's speed is deceptive. The best evidence indicates he is a step faster than electricity. Willie does more for a team's morale than Marilyn Monroe, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Rita Hayworth, plus cash.... That's about all there is to Mays, except that every authority added, "And if you think that's something, wait till you see him."
-- Roger Kahn, from a 1951 New York Herald Tribue article
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Yer fulla shit to ask that and I ain't gonna tell you why."
-- Casey Stengel responding to what he considered impertinent questions from sportswriters
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Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle--once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun."
--Ron Luciano, American League Umpire
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"Wait until Tommy meets the Lord and finds out that He's wearing pinstripes."
-- Gaylord Perry, Giants pitcher (on Tommy Lasorda's belief that God wears Dodger blue)
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There never is any set way to pitch to a great hitter. If there were, he'd be hitting .220."
-- Don Drysdale, Dodgers pitcher
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Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly exists for Steve. He's playing an elevated game of catch."
-- Tim McCarver, Cardinals catcher
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"I was pitching on all adrenaline...and challenging them. I was throwing the ball right down the heart of the plate."
-- Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens, speaking after the first time he struck out 20 batters in a single game.
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"You must have an alibi to show why you lost. If you haven't one, you must fake one. Your self-confidence must be maintained."
-- Christy Mathewson, Giants pitcher
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If you aim to steal 30 or 40 bases a year, you do it by surprising the other side. But if your goal is 50 to 100 bases, the element of surprise doesn't matter. You go even though they know you're going to go. Then each steal becomes a contest, matching your skills against theirs."
-- Lou Brock, Cardinals outfielder
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"Maybe I'm not a great man, but I damn well want to break the record."
-- Roger Maris, Yankees outfielder
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Baseball is the only thing besides the paper clip that hasn't changed."
-- Bill Veeck, baseball executive
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Baseball is green and safe. It has neither the street intimidation of basketball nor the controlled Armageddon of football.... Baseball is a green dream that happens on summer nights in safe places in unsafe cities."
-- Luke Salisbury, author
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"Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at you. There are a lot of things wrong with a lot of industries....baseball is one of them."
-- Curt Flood, Cardinals outfielder
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