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I had been having trouble with my eyes. One day my glasses fogged up while I was pitching, but when I cleaned them and looked at the plate and saw (slugger Jimmie) Foxx clearly, it frightened me so much I never wore them again.

Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

I’m something like the old soak who never knew whether his wife told him to take one drink and come home at 12, or take 12 and come home at one.

When asked about his nickname "Goofy"

Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

Only triple I ever got.

On his 1980 triple bypass surgery

Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.

Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

He has muscles in his hair.

Commenting on the strength of Red Sox slugger Jimmie Foxx

In the 1930's
Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.

Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

How can you tell?

With a dead-pan straight face to a younger teammate who came storming back to the dugout after making an out and yelling, "Wow, I'm really in a slump"

Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez
New York Yankees
Pitcher
HOF 1972

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