Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Bert Campaneris

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Cuban athlete Bert Campaneris.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Bert Campaneris

Dagoberto Campaneris Blanco, nicknamed "Bert" or "Campy", is a Cuban American former professional baseball shortstop, who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for four American League (AL) teams, primarily the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics. One of the mainstays of the Athletics' championship teams of 1972 to 1974, he holds the A's franchise records for career games played (1795), hits (1882), and at bats (7180).

In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players.
Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.
Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.
I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too. — © Bert Campaneris
I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.
Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys.
I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.
So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.
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