Why I love this game VIII...
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:13 amAfter being snubbed from the All-Star game by Boston manager Darrell Johnson, Baltimore's Jim Palmer claimed he was misquoted for calling Johnson an idiot.
"I did not call Johnson an idiot. Someone else did and I just agreed," Palmer said.
An interviewer started to ask Yogi Berra about his two hits from the previous night when Berra corrected him and said he had three hits. The interviewer apologized. "I checked the paper and the boxscore said you had two hits. The third must have been a typographical error." "Hell, no," Berra replied. "It was clean single to left."
A rookie sat next to his manager and watched Roger Maris gun down a runner trying to go from first to third.
"Kid, you won't see a throw like that again in a million years."
Three innings later, Maris duplicated the feat.
The rookie turned to the manager and said, "Time sure flies up here in the Majors."
Asked the age of his two elderly pinch-hitters - Vic Davalillo and Manny Mota - Los Angeles manager Tommy Lasorda shrugged.
"I don't know but somebody told me they were waiters at the last supper."
Before the 1952 World Series, Brooklyn Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen cornered pitcher Billy Loes.
"I see in the paper where you picked the Yankees to beat us in seven games. What's wrong with you," Dressen said.
"I was misquoted," Loes protested. "I picked them in six games."
Casey Stengel sat in the dugout with Bob Cerv. Several moments passed before Stengel spoke. "Nobody knows this, but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.
Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh couldn't resist a jab at Dick Stuart. After the public address announcer warned fans that "Anyone who interferes with the ball in play will be ejected from the ballpark," Murtaugh replied, "I hope Stuart doesn't think that means him."
When Joe Pepitone first came to the Cubs, he told manager Leo Durocher he was fast enough to steal. So the first time Pepitone reached first, Durocher decided to test him. First base coach Peanuts Lowery flashed the sign to Pepitone - a wink. Pepitone didn't budge. So Lowery winked again. Still, Pepitone stood pat. Again, Lowery winked. This time, Pepitone responded. He blew Lowery a kiss.
"I did not call Johnson an idiot. Someone else did and I just agreed," Palmer said.
An interviewer started to ask Yogi Berra about his two hits from the previous night when Berra corrected him and said he had three hits. The interviewer apologized. "I checked the paper and the boxscore said you had two hits. The third must have been a typographical error." "Hell, no," Berra replied. "It was clean single to left."
A rookie sat next to his manager and watched Roger Maris gun down a runner trying to go from first to third.
"Kid, you won't see a throw like that again in a million years."
Three innings later, Maris duplicated the feat.
The rookie turned to the manager and said, "Time sure flies up here in the Majors."
Asked the age of his two elderly pinch-hitters - Vic Davalillo and Manny Mota - Los Angeles manager Tommy Lasorda shrugged.
"I don't know but somebody told me they were waiters at the last supper."
Before the 1952 World Series, Brooklyn Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen cornered pitcher Billy Loes.
"I see in the paper where you picked the Yankees to beat us in seven games. What's wrong with you," Dressen said.
"I was misquoted," Loes protested. "I picked them in six games."
Casey Stengel sat in the dugout with Bob Cerv. Several moments passed before Stengel spoke. "Nobody knows this, but one of us has just been traded to Kansas City.
Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh couldn't resist a jab at Dick Stuart. After the public address announcer warned fans that "Anyone who interferes with the ball in play will be ejected from the ballpark," Murtaugh replied, "I hope Stuart doesn't think that means him."
When Joe Pepitone first came to the Cubs, he told manager Leo Durocher he was fast enough to steal. So the first time Pepitone reached first, Durocher decided to test him. First base coach Peanuts Lowery flashed the sign to Pepitone - a wink. Pepitone didn't budge. So Lowery winked again. Still, Pepitone stood pat. Again, Lowery winked. This time, Pepitone responded. He blew Lowery a kiss.