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What power-hitting shortstop coined the phrase, "It's a great day for baseball! Let's play two!"? |
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What famous quotester started the saying, "It ain't over 'til it's over"? |
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First baseman Joe Adcock said this about what feared slugger? "Trying to sneak a fastball past him is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster." |
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Which early year ballplayer came up with the phrase, "Keep your eye on the ball"? |
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In 1966, the New York Mets had the first pick of the amateur draft. The favorite for the #1 pick was Reggie Jackson, but the Mets instead chose obscure catcher Steve Chilcott. What was the excuse that Mets' manager Casey Stengel gave for passing on Reggie? |
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When a sportswriter pointed out to Babe Ruth that he was making more money than the current President of the United States, Ruth responded, "I had a better year than he did." Who was that president? |
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When this great pitcher aged, this is how he said that he knew he had grown too old to go on: "I'm throwing twice as hard, but the ball is getting there half as fast." Who said this? |
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Which Hall of Famer said this about selfish players: "Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a Communist."? |
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9.
Which cocky outfielder once claimed: "If I played there (New York), they'd name a candy bar after me."? |
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10.
Pete Rose hit a lot of singles in his career, 3215 to be exact. This number didn't blow every one away, though. One less-impressed player known for hitting the longball said: "If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete, I'd wear a dress." Which outfielder said this? |
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Which former Negro League star and MLB player said: "Don't look back, 'cause something might be gaining on you."? |
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Famous author and columnist Westbrook Pegler, said what about which pitching legend from the 1920s-40s: "He could throw a lamb chop past a wolf."? |
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What group of people was being referred to when pitcher Al Schacht said: "They have crooked arms. They throw crooked, they walk crooked, and they think crooked. They even wear their clothes crooked."? |
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14.
What great pitcher said: "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing."? |
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Which baseball god said: "I was being paid $30,000 a year, the very least I could do was hit .400."? |
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