Yankees Quotes - Page 19

• These were people... who built redwood decks on their mobile homes and have no idea that smart-aleck Yankees think that is somehow funny. People of the pines. My people.

  Rick Bragg

  Smart, Home, Thinking

  Rick Bragg (2010). “All Over but the Shoutin'”, p.15, Vintage

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• As you know, there were lots of huge marches around the country yesterday to protest the immigration laws. The marches had quite an impact on businesses. Restaurants had to close, construction sites had to shut down, the Yankees had to forfeit a game. ... Do you realize that Americans are now doing the jobs that immigrants won't do because they're out protesting?

  Jay Leno

  Country, Jobs, Impact

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• In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic," as one schoolmate told me, and I couldn't admit, to him or myself, that I had both Irish and Italian ancestors.

  J. R. Moehringer

  Italian, Rich Or Poor, Drunk

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• The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny.

  Linda Chavez

  New York, Revenge, Team

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• Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns to a soldier's life: I've been handed the check. It's roughly what the Yankees will pay Roger Clemens per inning once he starts pitching next month.

  Andrew Bacevich

  Memorial Day, Believe, Government

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• I've liked the Yankees since I was a kid. I grew up in Canada so I kind of identified with New York sports teams.

  Ian Astbury

  Sports, New York, Team

  "Ian Astbury on the Death of the Rock Star". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2013.

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• Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against slavery, people in the North who actually felt we should just let the South be the South. Because the way it is now, it seems like we have this portrait where everybody in Georgia hated Yankees and everybody in the North was enlightened. That wouldn't seem as clear cut as it does now.

  Chuck Klosterman

  War, Cutting, People

  "Chuck Klosterman: The future will be worse than you think". Interview with Chris Weller, www.businessinsider.com. June 6, 2016.

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• This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.

  Catfish Hunter

  Mean, Winning, Games

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• I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.

  Joe Torre

  Two, New York Yankees, Deck

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• What the hell is wrong with him now?

  Yogi Berra

  Hell, New York Yankees

  Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.29, Workman Publishing

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• You gotta call a blacksmith.

  Yogi Berra

  New York Yankees, Blacksmiths

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• If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.

  Casey Stengel

  Needs, Rooms, Ifs

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• Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind.

  Yogi Berra

  Differences, Balls, Hitting

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• 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."

  Jim Bouton

  Strong, Powerful, Men

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• 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 Larsen

  Winter, Games, Perfect

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• I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.

  Joe Torre

  Eye, Two, Three

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• Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black.

  Goose Gossage

  Running, Home, Games

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• Read about your case of amnesia. Must be a new brand.

  Babe Ruth

  Cases, Amnesia, Brands

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• I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid before an adult.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Kids, Trying

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. February 22, 2005.

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• Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara.

  Graig Nettles

  Young, New York Yankees

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'll stick to building ships.

  George Steinbrenner

  Ships, Sticks, Building

  "Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies at 80" by The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2010.

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• The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.

  Dave Winfield

  Sports, Years, Cities

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• You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.

  Nomar Garciaparra

  Sports, Yankee Stadium, Yankee Fans

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• The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Team, Mean

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• If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Doors, Yankee Stadium

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