Gems From the Diamond

Gems from the Diamond 

Here are some baseball quotes that might make you smile.

Baseball ain’t work.  You know it for sure because when they start a game, they don’t yell, “Work ball.” They say, “Play ball.” 

Willie Stargell (Spent 21 years in the majors as the Left Fielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  MVP in 1979 at the age of 39.  475 Home runs and a 282 lifetime average)

 

What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.

 Harry Caray, longtime Chicago Cubs announcer who passed away in 1997, about 20 years before the Cubs ended their 108 year World Series famine, by beating Terry Francona’s Cleveland Indians.

Confucius say: Baseball wrong – man with four balls cannot walk. 

Full disclosure: Though the quote is attributed to the ancient philosopher, Confucius never said this.  It was probably a joke uttered by the unknown comic, the guy with a paper bag on his head.

Finish last in your league and they call you Idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you Doctor. 

 This quote is from Abe Lemons – American college basketball coach who had 594 wins in a 34 year career.  He had many conference championships but never could manage to win March Madness.  

The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing. 

Dizzy Dean - star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals Gashouse gang in the 1930s and hero of their 1934 World Series win over the Detroit Tigers.  He had 30 wins in the regular season.  After his playing days were over he became one of the top Radio and TV baseball broadcasters.  

I managed a team that was so bad we considered a 2-0 count on the batter a rally. Rich Donnelly, long time minor league manager and major league coach.  As of 2019 he’s the Third Base Coach of the Mets.  

and finally, a reporter asked the great Babe Ruth how he could ask for a salary of $80,000, when it's more than then President Cal Coolidge was making. 

"I had a better year than he did," replied the Babe.

Babe Ruth, during his pitching years in Boston, 

when he was the top pitcher in the game. 

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