Joe Garagiola Quotes

I was always interested in baseball. In fact, in my younger years, I played it in an amateur way. But up to the time when I became identified with the Yankees, I was a strong National League rooter.

Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting.

When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.

When I was in the West Coast watching the Giants, Rich Aurilia was a guy I always liked.

The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the batter connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it.

Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.

Growing up in California, I grew up a JT Snow fan.

I played second base.

I love second base.

You have to have a great fielder at shortstop, and you've got to have a guy that has good range and good hands in center field.

I am a baseball player and I enjoy getting batters out and that is what I want to continue doing.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

I grew up watching Pedroia play.

I play baseball. I don't deal with trades, free agency, any of that stuff.

I grew up a Dodger and got drafted by the Dodgers.

Catching is a tough position.

I know Reggie Jackson is a good player.

I'm going to the All-Star Game as an Oriole and as a shortstop. It's just always a blessing. I thank God.

As I was in the air, the ball took a bad hop and caromed behind me, but I was able to catch it with my bare hand. I hit the ground, bounced back up, and threw Burroughs out at first.

I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."

It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there and help him. A lot of players start thinking double then maybe wind up with a triple because the outfielder slips.

Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early.

That boy Mantle is a good one.

Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.

Baseball is a universal language. Catch the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball.