Post your favorite comments by a MLB ballplayer

[tedzan]

I'll start this show and tell by posting two of my favorites......

This one I heard after watching (on TV) this tremendous game on Oct 8th 1956.




Don Larsen's modest response to the sports media's numerous questions after his Perfect No-Hitter......

" The Dodgers made it easy for me....I threw only 97 pitches. "


and,

Scenario......1958 World Series: Milwaukee 3 vs Yankees 1

The following day a pushy sports reporter asks Casey Stengel:
" If he thought the Yankees were choked up ? "

Casey responded:
" If there is any choking, it will be you on this microphone. "

This obnoxious reporter was Howard Cosell.

The Yankees won the next 3 games to win the Series. Bob Turley achieved an unprecedented "trifecta" by shutting out the Braves in Game 5.
Beating them in relief in Game 6. And, winning Game 7.





TED Z
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[Peter_Spaeth]

Reggie Jackson on Tom Seaver: he's so good blind people come to the park to hear him pitch.

Willie Stargell on Sandy Koufax: hitting against him is like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer."

"I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit."



Ted Williams

[stlcardsfan]

Can we expand this to other sports? Couldn't pass up this classic:

ABA and NBA player Marvin "Bad News" Barnes apparently didn't get the concept of time zones, maybe thinking they were a variation of the 2-3 or matchup zone. When told that his team flight would depart Louisville, KY at 9:00 A.M. (EST) and arrive in St. Louis, MO at 8:59 A.M. (CST) Barnes told team radio guy Bob Costas: "I don't know about you, but I ain't gettin' in no time machine."

[mattsey9]

Loudmouth fan: "Control is more important than speed. I know truck drivers that can throw 95 miles per hour. "

Casey Stengel: "You got the names of those truck drivers?"

[Econteachert205]

The earl weaver managers corner where he discusses terry Crowley and tomato plants.

[uffda51]

Sportcaster interviewing Choo Choo Coleman:

Sportscaster: So, Choo Choo, tell us about your wife. What's her name and what's she like?

Choo Choo: Her name is Mrs. Coleman, and she likes me . . .