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302 quotes found searching on Location: New York What the hell is wrong with him now?Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra You gotta call a blacksmith.Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind.Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra What a house -- nothin' but rooms!Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years." To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the Hall of Fame. I really thought that. You feel so strong, so powerful walking down the street. You know you can throw a ball harder than any man in the world, or certainly the top five. Sandy Koufax knocked all of us out of the box on that one, so we would think, "I'm the second or third hardest thrower in the game."New York Yankees Pitcher I know he's got 700-something home runs. I'll have to see a tape.Alfonso Guilleard Soriano Eddie Stanky was our manager. I said, "Eddie, I'd like to play more. You need power and I can help." But he said, "Moose, it's my prerogative." I'd never heard that word, so I had to accept it. I still don't know what it means.Bill "Moose" Skowron Ruth was being ridden by the Cubs the entire series and he would ride them right back. At the time, I did think Babe was pointing to the bleachers, but (shortstop) Frank Crosetti told me no, he put up one finger to indicate he had another strike coming. Babe never denied that he was pointing to the stands. Still it was quite extraordinary to see him point, then hit the very next pitch out of the ballpark. With my salary and a half-share in the World Series, it amounted to about $10,000. That was the depths of the Depression. I thought I was the richest man in the world and I think I damn near was.In 2003 at age 93 Everyone asks how I felt before the perfect game. You never feel bad when you're in the World Series. You've got all winter to rest.Don James Larsen previous 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 next Search for quotes here! You can put in multiple words, or if you want to search on a particular phrase, "wrap it in quotes". |
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