Jerry Coleman Quotes #3
Former Padres announcer Jerry Coleman had some great quotes!
"Even though the ball was doubled, they got it anyway."
"Finley is going over to get a new piece of bat."
"You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it."
"At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria."
"Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting."
"Larry Lintz steals second standing up. He slid, but he didn't have to."
"I don't mean he missed him, but he just didn't get him when he put the tag on him."
"The ballgame is over...in this inning."
"The Cards lead the Dodgers 4-2 after one inning and that one hasn't even started."
"The last time Pena faced the Padres, the Dodgers scratched for a run to tie the game and then went on to win 4-0."
"Larry Moffett is 6' 3". Last year he was 6" 6"."
"That was like swatting June bugs off a fly."
"I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider."
"What a great hitch to pit!"
"Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning."
"That home run ties it up, 1-0."
"Turner was like a pencil. He bent around that pitch!"
"The Padres are really swinging some hot hats tonight!"
"Montefusco bare-hands it and throws him out. That grounder will make you a traveling salesman in a hurry!"
"Gene Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head. No harm done."
"When you lose your hands, you can't play baseball."
"That big guy, Winfield, at 6'6", can do things only a small man can do."
"Renko has just about had it. Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him."
"You walk into the locker room, and you see players with their ripping muscles and stomachs you could wash your clothes in."
"Ozzie Smith is out there roaming around like glass."
"I like to use big words so people will think I know what I'm talking about."
"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."
"Sunday is Senior Citizens' Day. And if you want to become a senior citizen, just call the Padre ticket office."
"Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none."
"I've never seen a game like this. Every game this year has been like this."
"When Guante started, they thought he'd be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around."
"Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you."
"DeShaies is like a clock out there. Every other pitch goes one way or the other."
"Parker's grand slam is the same as going 4 for 4, even though he went 1 for 4."
"Boros is not with the team today because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her wedding."
"Young Frank Pastore may have just pitched the biggest victory of 1979, maybe the biggest victory of the year!"
"Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!"



