Top 125 Quotes & Sayings by Jerry Coleman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Jerry Coleman.

Last updated on December 23, 2024.

Gerald Francis Coleman was a Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 1949 by Associated Press, and was an All-Star in 1950 and later that year was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Yankees teams on which he was a player appeared in six World Series during his career, winning four times. Coleman served as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and the Korean War, flying combat missions with the VMSB-341 Torrid Turtles (WWII) and VMA-323 Death Rattlers (Korea) in both wars. He later became a broadcaster, and he was honored in 2005 by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting contributions.

American - Athlete | Born: September 14, 1924

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You never ask why you've been fired because if you do, they're liable to tell you.

Jerry Coleman

He slides into second with a stand up double.

Jerry Coleman

Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.

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The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century.

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Hats off to drug abusers everywhere.

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If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

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When you lose your hands, you can't play baseball.

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There's two heads to every coin.

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Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?

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Benedict may not be as hurt as he really is.

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Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns - I think I heard that from a squirrel.

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Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

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All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

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There's a deep fly ball... Winfield goes back, back... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base.

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Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.

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It's a cold night out tonight. The Padres better warm up real good because it's stiff out there.

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Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

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Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

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Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion.

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Pete Rose has three thousand hits and three thousand fourteen overall.

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The ballgame is over...in this inning.

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Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

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That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it.

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I've never seen a game like this. Every game this year has been like this.

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A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.

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Rich Folkers is throwing 'em up in the bullpen.

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Boros is not with the team today because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her wedding.

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And Kansas City is at Chicago tonight, or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter as Kansas City leads in the eighth 4 to 4.

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The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

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I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

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He slides into second with a stand-up double.

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We started with 53,000 people. Half are gone, but surprisingly, most are still here!

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Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.

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Shirley and Griffey get along like a rattler and a parrot.

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Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

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Ozzie Smith is out there roaming around like glass.

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Billy Almon has all of his in-laws and outlaws here this afternoon.

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You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it.

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I like to use big words so people will think I know what I'm talking about.

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He can be lethal death.

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They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

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The game in St. Louis has been halted in the fourth inning because of rain. I'll bet they have the jacuzzis going there.

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Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

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There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen, but he's obscured by his number.

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Ozzie Smith just made another play that I've never seen anyone else make before, and I've seen him make it more often than anyone else ever has.

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The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside.

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When Guante started, they thought he'd be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around.

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I've made a couple of mistakes I'd like to do over.

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If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

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Sunday is Senior Citizens' Day. And if you want to become a senior citizen, just call the Padre ticket office.

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It's a base hit on the error by Roberts.

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He many not be hurt as much as he really is.

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Hi, folks, I'm Jerry Gross. No, I'm not, I'm Jerry Coleman.

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They throw Winfield out at second, but he's safe.

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Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.

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Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!

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The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

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On the mound is Randy Jones, the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo.

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What a great hitch to pit!

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Whenever you get an inflamed tendon, you've got a problem. OK, here's the next pitch to Gene Tendon.

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