Mike Barnicle Quotes

My favorite event each year is the Yankees-Red Sox series. Love seeing passions run hot among the fans, especially when both teams are in the running for the playoffs.

I became a Yankees fan for a few years. But now, I gotta say, I'm really rooting for the Red Sox.

I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for it to stop, and the team's manager, Willie Randolph, comes by. Now he's already intimidating to begin with. But he comes over to me and says, 'If you screw this up, they will boo you.' And I said 'Thanks.'

Here's the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I'm a Yankee fan.

People grow up loving the Yankees and will tell you, and so many people despise the Yankees, and they come from all over the United States.

I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated.

Look, do I like the Mets and the Yankees? Absolutely.

We are the New York Yankees

I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.

OK, he's a Yankees fan. Now I know why I don't like him.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Mr [Harry] Truman announced today that Russia had set off its first atomic explosion. Public reaction was varied…. Today the Brooklyn Dodgers are one-half behind the St Louis in the National League and the Yanks and the Boston Red Sox are neck and neck. And the American public is basically probably more interested in this race than in the race of atomic energy.

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

I love baseball. As a teenager, I was a contrarian and picked the underdog instead of just rooting for the Yankees. It's a hard team to root for, but there's something that always keeps me hopeful.

If I wanted to win all my fights, I would be a Yankee fan. I'm a Cub fan.

When I was with the Yankees in 1978, we were playing Baltimore at Yankee Stadium, and the score was 3 - 3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. I led off against Tippy Martinez - a little left-hander who always gave me trouble - and the count went to three-and-oh.

I always loved playing in New York, where the Yankees fans expect a winning team every year.

There is an awful lot of pressure on me.

The Boston Red Sox, they love to compete.

A lot of people love to watch the Yankees.

Sometimes when people play for their country, I think there is that little bit of fear and pressure.

I've always wanted to see a game at Fenway.

I grew up watching Pedroia play.

I have a very round mound of rebound thing going on. I was a surprisingly good shooter, too. If I could have any job in sports, though, I'd want to be playing first base for the Yankees.