Jerry Coleman Quotes

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

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

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

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

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.

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

No! I won't rule out center field for the Yankees, either.

Ever since I got drafted by the Yankees, I've been working on my swing.

It's definitely a dream come true playing for the Red Sox.

It was always a dream of mine to play for the Orioles.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.

I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

I grew up watching Pedroia play.

How can you not have fun going around the country playing baseball for a living? Being a baseball player is the next best thing to being a rock star.

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

The Mets are gonna be amazing.

We are the New York Yankees

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

I like the Mets. I'm interested in the Mets.

I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.