George Vecsey Quotes

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.

I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.

The Cubs are due in sixty-two.

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.

There's so much passion and so much interest in the Red Sox in Boston.

Having been aware of the Red Sox since the 1946 World Series, having been growled at by Ted Williams as a young reporter in 1960, having been present at the horror of 1986 and the comeback of 2004, I have seen the highs and lows of some other people's favorite team.

I'm an avid Boston Red Sox fan.

The Boston Red Sox, they love to compete.

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

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

I grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and I'm a huge Red Sox fan. I've probably been to Fenway 40 times. I've been pretty lucky as a sports fan because the Patriots have won Super Bowls and the Red Sox have won World Series during my lifetime.

I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.

Going through college a Red Sox fan and knowing the history behind everything that was going on back in the '80s and finally getting a chance to win a World Series for this great city and bringing it back after 86 years, it was truly special, and it's one of the highlights that I'll remember for a long time.

I played in three countries. I played in two World Series. But I never found anything to match the joy and the laughter those years with the Eagles brought me. The city and county loved us.

The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.

The Astros are going to be a dynasty.

Who knows how many times I'm going to get to go to the World Series? I know more than anybody how hard it is to get there.

1946, if my memory is correct. Harry "The Cat" Brecheen went against the Red Sox in Game 7. I stayed home to listen, practically had my head inside the radio.

It was like a heavyweight fight, man. Just blow for blow, everybody playing their heart out. The Indians never gave up either, and I can't believe we're finally standing, after 108 years, finally able to hoist the trophy.

I grew up watching Pedroia play.

I think the most important thing is that World Series.

It's so hard to win a World Series.