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"If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor."
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"Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended."
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"You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium."
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"You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair."
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"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'"
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"It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress."
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"Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species."
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"It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball."
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"I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future."
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"I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed."
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"I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible."
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"That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied."
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"Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life."
Life
"With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays."
Giants
"When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career."
Career
"But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love."
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"I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing."
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"I love what I do. If I had my time over again, I'd probably do it for nothing."
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"I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life."
Life
"A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball."
Baseball
"I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players."
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