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July 23, 2001 The Week in QuotesJuly 16-22DUDE, WHERE'S MY WALK?
"I've thought for a while that he's the best player in the history of the
game. Name someone better."
"Bonds is way better. Look at the walks, dude."
"It's all about on-base percentage. That's the most important number in our
game."
SUCK LIKE A FOX
"Yeah, it's a contagious disease. It's around the country. If we play an
exhibition game in spring training in Houston, there's people chanting,
`Yankees suck.' It's like there's some type of audio system around the
country. You really understand what they are saying. There's no Boston
accent. I don't know what it means, but that's OK. I've heard my name in the
same sentence."
"You guys all suck."
MEDICAL MISHAPS
"I thought he was very good. I remember my first major-league start. Your
first start, there's not butterflies in your stomach, there's pterodactyls."
"We have a physician on hand in case he has a heart attack or something."
WINNING DIFFERENT WAYS
"[The Dodgers] have an idea of what it takes to win. They're constantly
trying to improve their team, constantly trying to keep their own players.
They're constantly moving forward. They're going to be able to compete every
year and that's definitely a plus."
"Hopefully other teams know that the Oakland A's are for real. Everyone in
here knows it. I hope Cleveland knows. I hope Boston knows. We're letting
Billy Beane know also, to keep us together."
"It's a cheap watch. I usually leave it in my locker for the clubhouse
kids."
DIDN'T THINK THAT THROUGH
"It's very important that he play winter ball. In the minors, a guy should
have 3,000, 4,000 at-bats. If I was a betting man, I'd say he had no more
than 500."
"I never thought about 500 or 600 home runs, but I think I can do that
pretty easily."
TONGUES AND TAILS
"He didn't throw us out of his office but he came relatively close. I think
he really hated Mick Jagger's tongue. He kept talking about, 'That tongue is
disgusting. I don't want him in my building.'"
"I wanted to show the young guys something they had never seen. I had made
up my mind that whatever the umpire said, he was going to be wrong."
"Let's not get too philosophical. We just can't hit him."
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