Quotes of 2006

[Gwreck]

"My mom's 79 Pontiac Grand Am, Gold. Had a hole in the floor on the passenger's side, so you had to watch out when you're driving, or you'd be sliding around like the Flinstones."

-Cliff Floyd, from "Ask the Mets" on the Diamondvision during today's (9/10) game. The question was "What was your first car?"

[MFS62]

From last night's post game locker room show:

For those that missed it, he was interviewed and at the very end, he takes the champaign and goes "This is my first drink" and made a look to the camera like "yeah, right"

I love this kid's 'tude.

Later

[soupcan]

MFS62 wrote: For those that missed it, he was interviewed and at the very end, he takes the champaign and goes "This is my first drink" and made a look to the camera like "yeah, right"

It was Milledge and I saw that too and thought it was very funny.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kenny Rogers, of his 1996 Yankee championship ring, indifferently wrote: "My son wore it. I'm not sure where he's got it. He's kept it in his room and he takes it out once in a while. I'm hopeful that he hasn't lost it yet."

[Centerfield]

Wagner and Glavine talking pre-game:

Wags fired back with one of his own: "Just pitch the way I used to watch you pitch," Wagner quipped, "back when I was growing up."

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

"That came from one toe? I could harvest wheat with that thing!"

[Gwreck]

That doesn't belong in this thread.

[Gwreck]

Chris Cotter: "Jose, I thought this was going to be a little more reserved than last time, it's just as crazy, what's going on?"

Jose Reyes: "You know, had to be crazy, because we win, you know, when you win, you celebreate, so that's what we do right now!"

[A Boy Named Seo]

I love this one.

]"That's what's so special. All year long we haven't worried about what we don't have." -Willie Randolph, when asked if the Mets have enough starting pitching to continue in the playoffs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"I was thinking maybe I played my last game of the season"

--- Cornelius "Cliff" Floyd

[Guest Edgy DC]

"I'm going to miss him, because he was always very positive with me and was always rooting for me. As a matter of fact, when I got the job, he left a voice mail congratulating me. It goes, 'Hi, Skippah. Nice goin'.' I still have that on my phone, and once in a while, I just play it back with the other messages I get. It means a lot to me."

--- Willie Randolph on Buck O'Neill

[MFS62]

When asked yesterday about who would start game 7 of the NLCS, Traschel or Oliver, Willie Randolph said:

"The best thing we can do is win this in six".

Later

[MFS62]

As the 2006 season ends, here's a quote for every season:

A. Bartlett Giamatti:

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come out, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone."

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