Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara.
Left-handers have more enthusiasm for life. They sleep on the wrong side of the bed, and their head gets more stagnant on that side.
A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.'
My experience over 17 years playing with the Yankees, these are a few of the things that I've learned. You've got to have a plan of action, You have to stay focused on the things you can control, and don't get discouraged or distracted by the things you cannot control.
I think the good Lord is a Yankee.
I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.
There's always some youngster coming up- they'll find somebody.
It's great to be young and be a Yankee!
Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.
Most guys who don't like me are either Democrats or Yankee fans.
I take a lot of pride in playing for the Yankees, and trying to do things the right way.
The only color I don't have is navy brown.
I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.
I don't think I've ever seen anybody with quicker hands than Soriano.
Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked Kansas City. But coming to the Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to me in my baseball career.
The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right.
Just two words: a masterpiece.
Rooting for the Yankees is like owning a yacht.
This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.
The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day
Hitting in a game is no different than hitting in a home run contest. It pisses me off to say Barry Bonds is the greatest hitter. He's playing in a wussy era. The game is soft. You never get thrown at today. Last thing a hitter has to worry about today is getting hit. The first thing Hank Aaron had to worry about is: Am I going to survive this at-bat because I'm black.
You can find your way across this country using burger joint the way a navigatior uses stars....We have munched Bridge burgers in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge and Cable burgers hard by the Golden Gate, Dixie burgers in the sunny South and Yankee Doodle burgers in the North....We had a Capitol Burger - guess where. And so help us, in the inner courtyard of the Pentagon, a Penta burger.
Yeah? For what paper?
