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This is a page of quotes that I have amassed from various recources. Including other web sites, books, and just plane old listening. I hope you will enjoy them.
Click the baseball players' name to find a page of quotes. As expected the Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel quotes are the most humurous. Players are listed
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114 different baseball minds.
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Theme: tenure and longevity
Date: Jan 19, 2004
Starting his career with the Highlanders in 1909 and playing for 10 different teams in his career would take this pitcher to the age of 50 years, 0 months, and 2 days to complete. Name this National League oldest pitcher.
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Jack Quinn finished his career on July 07, 1933 with the Cincinnati Reds. Fred Chapman of Philadelphia of the American Association was the youngest player ever to appear in a Major League game on July 22, 1887. He was 14 years 08 months and 2 days (born: November 24, 1872). This question was meant for the modern era, sorry if this confused any of you.
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"I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown."
by Hank Aaron
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'17 - Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander went the distance in both games of the Phillies' 5-0 and 9-3 sweep of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
'57 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves recorded his 41st career shutout with an 8-0 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Spahn's shoutout set a major league record for lefthanded pitchers.
'70 - Billy Williams of the Cubs asked to be kept out of the lineup, snapping his National League record of 1,117 consecutive games played. His record was broken in 1983 by Steve Garvey.
'81 - The Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners played the longest game in Fenway Park's history, 19 innings, before the game was suspended with the score tied 7-7. The Mariners won 8-7 in 20 innings when the game resumed the next day.
'86 - Billy Hatcher's homer in the top of the 18th inning gave the Houston Astros an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The two teams played 14 innings the day before and used a major league record 53 players in the game.
'90 - Bobby Thigpen set a major league record with his 47th save in a 4-2 Chicago White Sox victory over Kansas City. Thigpen broke the record set by Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees in 1986.
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