Lyn
05-07-2006, 01:29 PM
"I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player."
-John Kruk
"Like they say, it ain't over till the fat guy swings."
-Phillies catcher Darren Daulton on stocky first baseman John Kruk.
"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."
-Reggie Jackson
"Raise the urinals."
-Darrel Chaney on how management could keep the Braves on their toes
I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf."
-Tug McGraw, asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf
"I am the most loyal player money can buy."
-Don Sutton, Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
-Jim Wohford
"What's everyone blaming me for? Blame Felix. I wouldn't have hit into the double-plays if he hadn't hit singles."
-Joe Torre of the Mets after tying a major league record by hitting into four double-plays, each time after Felix Millan had singled just before Torre came to the plate (July 21, 1975).
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed."
-Tug McGraw
"It's permanent, for now."
-Cincinnati Red Roberto Kelly, announcing his new name would be "Bobby."
Better make it six; I can't eat eight."
-Pitcher Dan Osinski, when a waitress asked if he wanted his pizza cut into six or eight slices
"Me and George and Billy are two of a kind."
-Baseball player Mickey Rivers, on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin
"Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean."
-Pedro Guerrero, on sportswriters
"It's a partial sellout."
-Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray, trying not to say the game has only drawn 6,000 fans.
"A lot of good ballgames on tomorrow, but we're going to be right here with the Cubs and the Mets."
-Thom Brennaman, Chicago Cubs broadcaster.
"I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it."
-Football coach Ray Malavasi
"Defensively, I think it's important for us to tackle."
-Karl Mecklenburg, Denver Broncos linebacker, before Super Bowl XXIV
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
-Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann
and a ton more :)
-John Kruk
"Like they say, it ain't over till the fat guy swings."
-Phillies catcher Darren Daulton on stocky first baseman John Kruk.
"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."
-Reggie Jackson
"Raise the urinals."
-Darrel Chaney on how management could keep the Braves on their toes
I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf."
-Tug McGraw, asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf
"I am the most loyal player money can buy."
-Don Sutton, Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels
"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
-Jim Wohford
"What's everyone blaming me for? Blame Felix. I wouldn't have hit into the double-plays if he hadn't hit singles."
-Joe Torre of the Mets after tying a major league record by hitting into four double-plays, each time after Felix Millan had singled just before Torre came to the plate (July 21, 1975).
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed."
-Tug McGraw
"It's permanent, for now."
-Cincinnati Red Roberto Kelly, announcing his new name would be "Bobby."
Better make it six; I can't eat eight."
-Pitcher Dan Osinski, when a waitress asked if he wanted his pizza cut into six or eight slices
"Me and George and Billy are two of a kind."
-Baseball player Mickey Rivers, on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin
"Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean."
-Pedro Guerrero, on sportswriters
"It's a partial sellout."
-Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray, trying not to say the game has only drawn 6,000 fans.
"A lot of good ballgames on tomorrow, but we're going to be right here with the Cubs and the Mets."
-Thom Brennaman, Chicago Cubs broadcaster.
"I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it."
-Football coach Ray Malavasi
"Defensively, I think it's important for us to tackle."
-Karl Mecklenburg, Denver Broncos linebacker, before Super Bowl XXIV
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
-Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann
and a ton more :)