Post your favorite comments by a MLB ballplayer

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by wolf441

" I just be the Can, that's all I be"

Oil Can Boyd

Oil Can also commented after a game in Cleveland got postponed due to fog: "That's what they get for building a stadium right on the ocean."

[dealme]

I heard Tony Gwynn tell the story that when Rickey Henderson had recently joined the Padres, he walked onto the team bus and looked around for a seat. He says to anyone that can hear, "Where's Rickey going to sit?" Steve Finley responds to Rickey, "Rickey, you can sit anywhere you want...you have tenure." In vintage Rickey fashion, he replies, "Tenure, man, Rickey got 15 year"

To hear Tony Gwynn tell it was great since he could barely get through the story without cracking up. I was never a huge Henderson fan until I heard his HOF speech and came to realize how much he absolutely loved the game of baseball. What a great character!

Mark

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by dealme

I heard Tony Gwynn tell the story that when Rickey Henderson had recently joined the Padres, he walked onto the team bus and looked around for a seat. He says to anyone that can hear, "Where's Rickey going to sit?" Steve Finley responds to Rickey, "Rickey, you can sit anywhere you want...you have tenure." In vintage Rickey fashion, he replies, "Tenure, man, Rickey got 15 year"

To hear Tony Gwynn tell it was great since he could barely get through the story without cracking up. I was never a huge Henderson fan until I heard his HOF speech and came to realize how much he absolutely loved the game of baseball. What a great character!

Mark

Maybe I'll have to listen to that as Henderson is up there with Bonds on the hatred level but if Tony said he was ok then perhaps I've misjudged .................a little.........

[Mountaineer1999]

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." ☆Mike Tyson

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." ☆Mike Tyson

"(I define fear as) standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early."
-- Max Baer

[btcarfagno]

Don Sutton on Willie Stargell:

"I never saw anything like it. He doesn't just hit pitchers. He takes away their dignity."

Tom C

"Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo."

"Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20 gallon hat."

[Runscott]

On the infamous side, I'll go with Jarrod Weaver's recent dumb retort to Kyle Seager. Perhaps the fact that he doesn't "...even know who the kid is" is why he is 7-11 with a 4.7 ERA. Maybe if he researched the batters he'll be facing he could get that ERA down a little. It's also funny to hear a 32 year old calling a 27 year old a "kid". They are both kids.

On the vintage side, I love to listen to anything Sam Crawford said about Ty Cobb in "Glory of Their Times".

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." ☆Mike Tyson

I love this one!!

[ALR-bishop]

"Get back behind the plate [McCarver], the only thing you know about pitching is how hard it is to hit ".... Bob Gibson

[digdugdig]

Mike Flanagan:
"I never could play in New York. The first time I ever came into a game there, I got into the bullpen car and they told me to lock the doors."

[mybuddyinc]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Oil Can also commented after a game in Cleveland got postponed due to fog: "That's what they get for building a stadium right on the ocean."

"The only difference between pitching in the minors and pitching in the majors is: In the minors I drank a six pack before the game, in the majors I drink a six pack after the game" -- Oil Can Boyd

[Michael Peich]

One can't leave Yogi out of this thread:

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

And my favorite, "Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical."