These humor pieces were in the latest blather from AARP; American Association of Radical Prima donnas:
- "It ain't nothin' till I call it." -Bill Klem, umpire
- "There have been only two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare." -Tallulah Bankhead
- "I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while, I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation." -Satchel Paige
- "Ninety percent of this game is half mental." -Yogi Berra
- "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry
- "Who is this Babe Ruth? And what does she do?" -George Bernard Shaw
- "The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan." -Whitey Ford
- "Running a ball club is like raising kids who fall out of trees." -Tom Trebelhorn
- "I watch a lot of baseball on radio." -President Gerald Ford
- "I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands." -Babe Ruth
- "If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." -Bill Veeck
- "Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs." -Tim McCarver
- "Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster." -Joe Adcock
- "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win." -Yogi Berra
- "I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. The ball just doesn't get there as fast." -Eddie Bane
- "Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you." -Yogi Berra
- "There's no crying in baseball!" -Tom Hanks (in 'A League of Their Own')
- "I never took the game home. I always left it in some bar." -Bob Lemon
- "After Jackie Robinson, the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson." -Reggie Jackson
- "We know we're better than this, but we can't prove it." -Tony Gwynn
- "It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays." -Yogi Berra
- "If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it." -Dick Allen (on artificial turf)
- "Aw, how could he lose the ball in the sun? He's from Mexico." -Harry Caray
Til Nex'Time....
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