Warren Spahn Quotes

When Casey Stengel was putting his mark on all four New York baseball teams, he came off as many things. I have to admit I never thought of him as anybody's uncle.

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in time in meet him. Obviously, he was probably the most important sports figure in the world at that time. Hopefully, someday when I pass away, I get to meet him, and then I can really find out what he was really like.

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

It occurs to me as we're all sitting here thinking of Mickey, he's probably somewhere getting an earful from Casey Stengel, and no doubt quite confused by now.

Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World Series each year. After seeing it you will find that the reference is indirect.

The Greatest Living Yankee is Whitey Ford, who came out of Aviation High School, which was then in Manhattan, and helped pitch the Yankees to victory in the 1950 World Series when he was 21.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.

Whether or not anybody had invented the category in his lifetime, Babe Ruth was surely the Greatest Living Yankee almost immediately upon lofting home runs at the Polo Grounds, allowing the Yankees to build their own palace across the Harlem River.

If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.

The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium.

The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.

Bill Veeck was a charismatic and somewhat eccentric owner-fan during the post-WWII years.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

Yankee Stadium is a mistake: Not mine - the Giants'.

George Steinbrenner forever changed baseball and hopefully someday we will see him honored in baseball's Hall of Fame as one of the great figures in the history of sports.

They said Babe Ruth built Yankee Stadium and Bruno Sammartino built the Garden. It always was my favorite place.

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.

The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'